Historians and health professionals say that the “cytokine storm” was a common feature of the 1918 influenza. But how big of a potentially fatal immune response do coronavirus epidemics play? About 500 million people, or a third of the world’s population, became infected with the Spanish flu in 1918. About …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Serum Institute India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, on Thursday said it had made 40 million doses of the potential COVID-19 vaccine of AstraZeneca and would soon start making rival shots of Novavax as they both received regulatory approval. No COVID-19 vaccine has yet been approved and …
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Apple Pal Inc. The excitement for the new iPhones has helped keep the company’s share price at a record high, with the nearly 40-year-old workhorse showing impressive growth in recent years: Mac Mac. Computer line sales rose 29% to a record 9 9 billion in the previous quarter. Apple has …
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Dr. Anthony Fawcett has a term for his industry peers. In a conversation with the American Medical Association, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fu Si, said physicians need to be careful about their public statements. “Be absolutely apocalyptic,” he said. “Don’t get involved in …
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Alex Trebeck Getty Images “ ‘Crash is a golden opportunity to make money, because the American economy is always solid enough to bounce back.’ ” It’s Alex Trebek, the longtime host of “Crisis”! The man, who died Sunday at the age of 80, revealed in a Reuters interview in 2017 …
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