In the race to develop a treatment for COVID-19, Gilead Sciences may have found a winner with remdesivir. In a study by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Gilead, researchers found that the experimental drug inhibited the coronavirus in human lung cell cultures …
Read More »Chinese company using executives and workers to ‘test’ coronavirus vaccine
BEIJING – In the global race to make a coronavirus vaccine, a Chinese state-owned company boasts that its employees, including top executives, received experimental vaccines even before the government approved tests on people. “Help forge the victory sword,” reads an online SinoPharm post with images of company leaders who he …
Read More »Not looking very good for college football this fall
We are less than two months away from the scheduled start of the 2020 college football season, but as the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of declining, and is instead increasing in terms of cases in certain areas across the country, it remains to be seen. if college sports can …
Read More »Trump says coronavirus relief law should include payroll tax cuts
President Donald Trump speaks on “Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure: Faster, Better, and Stronger” in Atlanta on July 15. Jim Watson | AFP | fake pictures His salary could increase if the White House gets away with it. President Trump said this week that he will not sign the next coronavirus relief …
Read More »China’s Sinopharm begins late-stage trial of COVID-19 vaccine in UAE
DUBAI (Reuters) – Chinese state pharmaceutical company Sinopharm has begun phase III clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine in Abu Dhabi with up to 15,000 volunteers, the government in the UAE capital said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: The Sinopharm Group Co Ltd company logo is displayed at a press conference …
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