Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | fake pictures Johnson & Johnson said it expects to start an advanced-stage human trial for a possible coronavirus vaccine in late September, ahead of schedule. The company is in talks with the National Institutes of Health to advance the trial schedule, J&J Chief Scientific Director …
Read More »US coronavirus data has already disappeared after the Trump administration switched control from CDC to HHS
Previously, public data had already disappeared from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website after the Trump administration quietly transferred control of the information to the Department of Health and Human Services. Since the pandemic began, CDC has regularly released data on the availability of hospital beds and intensive …
Read More »J&J Profits Drop 35% As Coronavirus Forces Hospitals To Give Up Elective Surgeries
Johnson & Johnson products on a shelf in a store in New York. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Johnson & Johnson’s second-quarter earnings fell 35% from the same period last year, as the coronavirus pandemic forced hospitals to postpone elective surgeries, strongly impacting the company’s medical device business. J&J earned $ …
Read More »Trump administration transfers control of CDC coronavirus hospital data to HHS
The Trump administration confirmed on Wednesday that it ordered hospitals to send data on coronavirus patients directly to the Department of Health and Human Services, rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The change raised questions about the integrity of the process. Some former health officials fear the …
Read More »Cramer says he wants to see if Moderna executives sell shares before believing in early vaccine developments
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that he wants to see insider trading in Moderna before deciding how confident they will be about the vaccine data the pharmaceutical company released Tuesday night. “There is a document I want to see. I want to see if anyone sold any shares in Moderna …
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