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Moderna Inc. said Wednesday that his experimental coronavirus vaccine caused immune responses in people 56 years and older that were comparable to those seen in younger adults in a small study, a promising sign for a vulnerable age group. Older adults have a higher risk of hospitalization and death of …

President Donald Trump has not officially given his support (“Is this something that people are talking about very strongly? We will see it. We will see,” he told a reporter last week.) Plain old oleandrin, the non-proprietary botanical product, first appeared in the medical literature in 1949 with a study …

LOS ANGELES – Disposable N95 respirators can be decontaminated and reused, according to research announced Thursday by UCLA scientists. N95 respirators reduce exposure to airborne infectious agents, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and are one of the key features of personal protective equipment used by clinical workers in …

(Bloomberg) – Apple Inc. on Wednesday released an early version of its iPhone software that allows users to opt-in to the company’s Covid-19 contact tracking system without installing a public health app. The beta update, known as version iOS 13.7, is available to a group of testers who have signed …

Of the 78 reported cases of illness being returned to the potentially infected fruit between June 29 and August 3, 23 were hospitalized, the CDC reported. No deaths were reported. Victims ranged in age from one to 92 years old. The agency warns that more salmonella poisonings are possible. “Illness …