Early clinical trials of a Covid-19 vaccine that is among those currently in late-stage testing have shown favorable responses among participants in terms of antibody and immune cell responses. Mainz, Germany-based BioNTech and New York-based Pfizer said late Thursday afternoon that among U.S. Phase I student participants who received the …
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Text size Jeenah Moon / Getty Images Pfizer hopes to get emergency food authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its Covid-19 vaccine, produced in collaboration with BioNTech, in October – a timeline that is possible, and not the only positive for the biotech industry, according to a Mizuho …
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Men should not consume more than one alcoholic beverage per day, according to the recommendations of a federal commission for new American dietary guidelines. That is a reduction of the current recommended limit of two drinks per day, and is in line with the guidance for women. The shift reflects …
Read More »Man shoots his terminally ill daughter before killing himself
A Florida man desperate about his terminally ill daughter – who is facing the amputation of her leg due to cancer – shot the 11-year-old fatally before turning the gun on himself as her mother prepared breakfast, according to a report. The girl, who had undergone chemotherapy, was at her …
Read More »Dinosaur is diagnosed about 76M years later
(News) A dinosaur that hobbled about 76 million years ago has been definitively diagnosed – with cancer, reports New Atlas. Researchers in Canada saw a large growth in a Centrosaurus apertus leg bone and ran it through a battery of tests, made CT scans, constructed a cross-section and cut it …
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