Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, wears a face mask as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19 and speaks to a patient participating in a COVID-19 vaccine trial at the Oxford Vaccine Group facility in Oxford, England, June 24, 2020. Steve Parsons / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images AstraZeneca and …
Read More »UK signs agreements with BioNTech, Pfizer and Valneva for COVID-19 vaccines
The UK government said on Monday it has secured early access to 90 million doses of vaccines from two potential COVID-19 vaccines developed by a partnership between Germany’s BioNTech and US drug maker Pfizer, as well as one by the group. French Valneva. The business ministry said it had signed …
Read More »‘We Need to Close’: Florida Reports More Than 10,000 Coronavirus Cases by Day Five
Florida reported 12,523 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, marking the fifth consecutive day that the hotspot state reported more than 10,000 cases, according to the state health department. The state has reported more than 11,865 coronavirus cases on average in the past seven days, up 28.85% compared to a …
Read More »Race for a Covid-19 vaccine could have political side effects
As the Covid-19 crisis intensifies in the United States, the fight for an effective vaccine is about to collide with the electoral calendar. Pfizer (ticker: PFE) says it will seek authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its Covid-19 vaccine starting in October. Meanwhile, the federal government’s Covid-19 vaccine …
Read More »San Francisco Mayor Pauses to Reopen Indefinitely, Orders Closed Offices and Malls to Close
Zoe searches for a small brochure from diners on Grant Street in a makeshift outdoor dining room bounded by steel barricades in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Carlos Avila Gonzalez | The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Friday that the …
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