Text size fake pictures Shares of AstraZeneca rose on Thursday as new drug sales helped the British pharmaceutical giant exceed expectations in the second quarter. Late-stage trials for its experimental coronavirus vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, have also begun in the UK, Brazil and South Africa, the company …
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Text size Johnson & Johnson became the third western biopharmaceutical company to start a new test of its Covid-19 vaccine this week, but with one difference: in a surprise announcement Thursday morning, the company said it would test its vaccine in a format single dose. Moderna (MRNA) and Pfizer (PFE) …
Read More »Texas coronavirus deadliest for people of color
Need to stay up to date on the news of coronavirus in Texas? Our nightly recap will help you stay on top of the latest updates for the day. Sign up here. The southernmost county in Texas, Cameron, is home to only 1.5% of the state’s population, but accounts for …
Read More »Pharmacists Compete to Build Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Chains
Pharmaceutical companies competing to develop coronavirus vaccines are already working behind the scenes to build the supply chains necessary to deliver their drugs to billions of people as quickly as possible. To meet global demand once a vaccine is approved, a complicated and high-risk supply chain would be put in …
Read More »Woman who destroyed the mask exhibit at Target: “Mental illness has really been something that has not been addressed as a result of this pandemic”
Stress and fear of COVID-19 can take its toll. Melissa Rein Lively, the woman who was filmed destroying a mask in early July on a Target TGT, + 1.18% in Scottsdale, Arizona, and posted it on social media, says he spent a week at a mental health center after the …
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