(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 …
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(Reuters) – The global death toll from coronavirus exceeded 800,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters census, with the United States, Brazil and India leading the rise in deaths. Nearly 5,900 people die on average every 24 hours from COVID-19, according to Reuters calculations based on data from the past …
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LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – About 1,500 volunteers equipped with face masks, hand sanitizer and gadget tracking attended an indoor concert in Germany on Saturday as part of a study to simulate how the novel coronavirus spreads in large gatherings. As part of the so-called Restart19 study, researchers from the University …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India on Saturday reported a record daily jump in coronavirus infections, bringing the total to close to 3 million and putting pressure on authorities to restrict large gatherings when a major religious festival began. The 69,878 new infections – the fourth straight day above 60,000 – take …
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PHILO PHOTO: A boy wearing a protective face mask plays in a fountain after local authorities imposed lockdown restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, in Moscow, Russia June 12, 2020. REUTERS / Evgenia Novozhenina ZURICH (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) says children aged 12 and …
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