Participants in the Modern COVID-19 vaccine trial developed antibodies The vaccine candidate will begin a study of 30,000 people on July 27. Scientists reported Tuesday that the first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the US boosted people’s immune systems as scientists expected, as the vaccines are about to begin key final …
Read More »TUESDAY UPDATES: Several local counties report small increases in COVID-19; cases jump 13 in Pettis
UPDATE 6:05 PM: Pettis County recorded 13 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the second-highest increase in the region behind just 14 new Boone County cases. The new cases brought Pettis County’s total to 185. Active cases only increased from two to 51, as some recoveries offset the new cases. Several …
Read More »Trump asked why police killed blacks: “Whites too”
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday declined to answer a question about police violence against blacks, noting that whites are also sometimes victims of police violence. “And also whites, also whites,” Trump said in an interview with CBS’s Catherine Herridge when asked why African Americans continue to die at …
Read More »As the United States fights 60,000 new cases a day, England and France, facing just 500, impose new mask restrictions nationwide
TOPLINE Facing around 500 new infections each day, England and France announced new nationwide mask mandates on Tuesday to curb minor resurgences of the virus, highlighting a marked difference in approach from the significantly hardest hit United States, whose leaders have reprimanded strongly the need for a national requirement despite …
Read More »Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden swing state polls
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden talks about his plans to tackle climate change during a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, on July 14, 2020. Leah Millis | Reuters According to the new CNBC / Change Research poll, former Vice President Joe Biden clings to his leadership …
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