FILE PHOTO: A man and children wearing masks to protect themselves against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk through Han River Park in Seoul, South Korea, April 4, 2020. REUTERS / Heo Ran / File Photo SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported 113 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, the largest single-day …
Read More »Dow slips on Friday, Nasdaq posts consecutive declines amid mounting tensions between China and the United States and languishing fiscal stimulus
US stocks closed lower on Friday as the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite registered its first consecutive drop since mid-May, while investors worried about rising Sino-American tensions and lack of progress in another. fiscal stimulus bill in Washington. The increase in coronavirus cases in 40 US states is also limiting consumer and …
Read More »Australia reports jump in new daily cases, record deaths
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker wearing a protective suit takes a sample of a man’s nasal swab during tests for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Bondi Beach Traffic Test Center, as the state of New South Wales faces an outbreak of new cases, in Sydney, Australia, July 20, 2020. REUTERS …
Read More »How much will drug manufacturers charge for Covid-19 vaccines? Questions about prices arise.
Covid-19 vaccines are poised to become big business. Its potential to generate staggering revenue has already added billions of dollars to the market value of drug makers like Pfizer and Moderna. . That promise is also drawing scrutiny in Washington. Rising prescription drug costs are one of the few problems …
Read More »Healthy young adults with mild COVID-19 also take weeks to recover: CDC
FILE PHOTO: Phlebotomist Jenee Wilson talks to Melissa Cruz, a Valley Medical Center emergency technician who recovered from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) she contracted from a patient, while finishing donating convalescent plasma at the Center Seattle Blood Central. Northwest during the outbreak in Seattle, Washington, USA, April 17, 2020. The plasma …
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