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The United States on Wednesday recorded the highest number of coronavirus deaths since mid-May, making it the deadliest day this summer. There were 1,503 dead, according to the Covid Tracking Project. COVID-19 deaths are lower than their peak in April, when they reached as high as 2,000 per day in …

The Food and Drug Administration has recalled more hand sanitizers containing a new, deadly toxin – bringing its growing “no use” list to nearly 150 products. The new supplements contain a substance called 1-propanol, which when ingested can depress the central nervous system and cause death. “FDA warns consumers and …

Contrary to his predictions, President Trump will not have a coronavirus vaccine ready by election day, fax experts told CNN after checking data from Moderna, the first company to begin its Phase 3 clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine in the United States States. “There’s no way. There’s just no …

The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) argued Monday that the US “will not cut corners” in its race to develop a vaccine for coronavirus. FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn told the American Medical Association (AMA) in a video card that he had heard that experts questioned whether the …

Biogen’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Photo: Dominick Reuter (Getty Images) On Friday, the pharmaceutical company Biogen announced the Food and Drug Administration accepted its request to conduct a priority review of its experimental Alzheimer’s drug for approval. The faster-than-normal process sets the stage for treatment, called aducanumab, to be the first …