After COVID-19’s first death in Texas, a 97-year-old man in Matagorda County who died on March 15, it took 53 days for the state to reach 1,000 deaths. On Monday, Texas reached 4,020 deaths just 10 days after crossing the 3,000 threshold. New coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have been increasing …
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The doctor who developed a widely used test that detects early signs of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease says that cognition is “a pertinent question” during a presidential election with suspected candidates over the age of 70. The problem is that both sides of the political divide are interpreting this. wrong …
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At least two experimental COVID-19 vaccines produced a T-cell response in participants in early-stage clinical trials, which may indicate a longer-lasting form of immunity than an antibody response. BioNTech BNTX, + 3.46% and Pfizer Inc. PFE, + 0.69% It said early Monday morning that an ongoing early-stage clinical trial for …
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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, wears a face mask as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19 and speaks to a patient participating in a COVID-19 vaccine trial at the Oxford Vaccine Group facility in Oxford, England, June 24, 2020. Steve Parsons / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images AstraZeneca and …
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Abbott Laboratories and Johnson & Johnson separately reported recoveries from elective procedures earlier than expected in US hospitals in the second quarter, even as the nation struggles with an increasingly severe COVID-19 pandemic. Shares of Abbott ABT, + 2.95% closed at a year-to-date high of $ 99.25, the day after …
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