(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was able to update its emergency use authorization for Gilead Sciences Inc’s (GILD.O) brakesivir of drugs to admit patients admitted to hospital with moderate COVID-19, despite mixed test results, the company’s top study said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: An ampoule of Ebola …
Read More »Microsoft plans cloud push with foreign governments to win JEDI
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella leaves the Elysee Palace after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on May 23, 2018. Aurelien Morissard | IP3 | Getty Images Microsoft is signing agreements with foreign governments to offer cloud infrastructure packages similar to the bundle it compiled for the U.S. …
Read More »Exclusive: Approximately one-fifth of Pfizer subscribers, BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine study are Black or Latino
CHICAGO / NEW YORK (Reuters) – Approximately one-fifth of the 11,000 people enrolled in a 30,000-volunteer U.S. trial of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech (22UAy.F) are Black as Latino, groups among the hardest hit by the coronavirus virus pandemic, said a top Pfizer executive. PHILO PHOTO: …
Read More »CDC Director Dr Redfield pointed to Rhode Island’s coronavirus restrictions in daycares as a ‘way’ to reopen schools
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr Robert Redfield on Friday cited a new study published by his agency as evidence that there is a way to safely open child care centers and schools despite the pandemic. The study, cited by Redfield, looked at confirmed and probable …
Read More »US is ready to enforce sweeping UN sanctions on Iran, Pompeo says
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the media at a joint news conference with the Czech Prime Minister, at the start of a four-nation tour of Europe, in Prague, Czech Republic on August 12, 2020. Petr David Josek | Reuters WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday …
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