UK coronavirus vaccine elicits immune response in early test

LONDON, England – Scientists at the University of Oxford say their experimental coronavirus vaccine was shown in an initial trial to elicit a protective immune response in hundreds of people who received the vaccine. British researchers began testing the vaccine in April on about 1,000 people, half of whom received …

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Antonio Brown tweets that he has finished playing soccer

It is not the first time that Brown has threatened to withdraw. Last September, he said he would no longer play after being cut by the New England Patriots, as the parties haggled over guarantees on his contract. Before that “retirement,” Brown threatened to resign amid a dispute with the …

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An Ickier outbreak: tick fever spread by lice found in Denver

DENVER – Dr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at the University of Colorado UCHealth Hospital, received an unusual call last month from the microbiology lab: confirmation of the third case of trench fever this year, a condition rare transmitted by body lice that tormented soldiers during …

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