As the Covid-19 crisis intensifies in the United States, the fight for an effective vaccine is about to collide with the electoral calendar. Pfizer (ticker: PFE) says it will seek authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its Covid-19 vaccine starting in October. Meanwhile, the federal government’s Covid-19 vaccine …
Read More »San Francisco Mayor Pauses to Reopen Indefinitely, Orders Closed Offices and Malls to Close
Zoe searches for a small brochure from diners on Grant Street in a makeshift outdoor dining room bounded by steel barricades in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Carlos Avila Gonzalez | The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Friday that the …
Read More »UN official warns of decades of tragedy if wealthy nations fail to help in global fight against coronavirus
A senior United Nations official on Friday warned of decades of tragedy if wealthy nations do not help poorer nations combat the coronavirus, which continues to spread rapidly around the world. “Unless we act now, we should be prepared for a series of human tragedies, more brutal and more destructive …
Read More »Symptom tracking app reveals six different types of COVID-19 infection
LONDON (Reuters) – British scientists analyzing data from a widely used COVID-19 symptom tracking application have found that there are six different types of the disease, each of which is distinguished by a group of symptoms. FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication in conjunction with Trinity …
Read More »Cruise ship stocks plunge as CDC’s extension of the no-sail order could be just the beginning
The actions of the cruise operators were affected on Friday by the extension of the order of prohibition of navigation on the part of the Centers for the Control and the Prevention of Diseases, as a result of the recent increase in the cases of COVID-19. The CDC said passenger …
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