In June, BARDA finally signed contracts worth $ 347 million with two American bottle makers. The first, New York-based Corning, has a long history of working with vaccine manufacturers. Its Pyrex glass was used to bottle the first polio vaccines in the 1950s. Today, it makes “millions of vials per …
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Dear Amy: Nine-year-old “Danny” lives with his father and grandparents, and neither of them gets along well. Danny is always caught in the middle. Columnist Amy Dickinson (Bill Hogan / Chicago Tribune) Danny’s father (in his 30s) is a self-absorbed jerk and spends very little time with Danny, but lives …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) The experimental vaccine COVID-19 is probably the world’s leading candidate and the most advanced in terms of development, the chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: The AstraZeneca logo is seen on medication packages at a pharmacy in London, …
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Co-director of the intensive care unit at the CommonSpirit Dignity Health California Medical Center, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria, 35, who is seven months pregnant, cares for a patient with COVID-19 at the hospital where she works, during Coronavirus disease (COVID -19) outbreak, in Los Angeles, California, USA, May 18, 2020. Lucy …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci said the White House is considering adopting a new coronavirus testing strategy that involves managing groups of people while using fewer resources, according to a report. The chief infectious disease expert told the Washington Post on Thursday that health officials are having “intense discussions” about so-called “group …
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