Washington – The Food and Drug Administration announced Sunday that it had authorized an emergency use declaration for removal of plasma to treat it coronavirus. FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said early studies indicate a 35% better chance of survival if convalescent plasma is used in “optimal patients.” President Trump …
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Two American pharmaceutical giants, Pfizer en Modern, are in the final phase of coronavirus vaccine development, and University of Oxford is expected to begin large-scale human trials of its vaccine this month in the US. CBS News got an in-depth look at what’s happening in this phase before the vaccine …
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A Brooklyn mother who traveled with six children from Orlando to New York was flown out of a JetBlue flight on Wednesday because her 2-year-old would not wear a face mask as required. Videos of the mother, Chaya Bruck, talking to a plane before boarding the plane, have been widely …
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Teachers in the US are protesting, calling sick, quitting or retiring early, instead of returning to classrooms during a pandemic that kills more than a thousand Americans every day. Some of the country’s largest school systems, including in Chicago and Los Angeles, choose to remain closed this fall for personal …
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Pope Francis warned Wednesday against any chance that rich people would be given priority for a coronavirus vaccine. “The pandemic is a crisis. You are not getting the same out of it – even better than worse,” Francis said, adding impromptu remarks to his planned speech to his weekly audience. …
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