Drug makers associated with the United States government are on track to begin actively manufacturing a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the summer, a senior administration official said Monday. “If you say exactly when the vaccine materials will literally be in production and manufacturing, it will likely be four …
Read More »California closes businesses and schools as coronavirus outbreak grows
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – The California governor on Monday put new restrictions on businesses as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations increased, and the state’s two largest school districts, Los Angeles and San Diego, said children they would stay home in August. Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, ordered the closure of bars and …
Read More »COVID-19 numbers drop slightly; DHSS reports 60 new cases
TO UPDATE: DHSS announced 71 new cases of COVID-19 in Alaska. Sixty cases are residents in 17 communities: Anchorage (28), Fairbanks (11), Wasilla (4), Chugiak (3), Eagle River (2), the municipalities of Bristol Bay and Lake & Peninsula (2), and one in Bethel, Bethel Census Area, Girdwood, Kenai City, Kodiak, …
Read More »The United States Senate will begin debate on the new coronavirus bill next week: McConnell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States Senate will begin debating next week on a fifth coronavirus response bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday, predicting difficult negotiations with Democrats that they seek broader help than Republicans. FILE PHOTO: US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to a journalist …
Read More »Coronavirus Vaccine: The Story of the Race to Solve the COVID Conundrum
Here’s our updated timeline on the global search for the coronavirus vaccine: December 31: New coronavirus identified China reports a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, leading to the identification of a new coronavirus. January 10: Scientists reveal the genome of a new coronavirus A week and a half …
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