(Reuters) – US and China trade jibes as military tensions grow between the world’s two largest economies, with the US Secretary of Defense promising not to “give an inch” in the Pacific and China saying Washington risked the lives of soldiers. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper listens …
Read More »FDA grants emergency use status to Abbott’s $ 5 COVID-19 rapid antigen test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency authorization to Abbott Laboratories for a $ 5 rapid response COVID-19 antigen test that is about the size of a credit card. The inexpensive, rapid-response test could be administered in an office of a physician as a school nurse and uses …
Read More »US “will not give up an inch” in the Pacific, says Esper in a swipe to China
(Reuters) – The United States has a responsibility to lead in the Pacific and “will not give up an inch” to other countries that think their political system is better, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said in a thin veil on Wednesday. China. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Defense …
Read More »WHO cautions on COVID-19 plasma as US issues emergency authorization
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Monday was cautious about supporting the use of recovered plasma from COVID-19 patients to treat people who are ill, saying that evidence that it works remains “low quality”, even if the United States emergency authorization for such issued therapies. PHILO PHOTO: Convalescent plasma …
Read More »As Covid cases occur in children, doctors are looking at potential long-term effects
As more children become infected with Covid-19, doctors are paying closer attention to potential long-term effects. In adults, one of the most troublesome effects of Covid has been so-called long-distance cases, in which people whose disease initially seems moderate, have symptoms for months, sometimes diminishing over time. Now that doctors …
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