Bill Gates addresses a virtual Covid-19 conference organized by the International Aids Society. July 11, 2020 International Aids Society brochure Billionaire Bill Gates on Wednesday denied conspiracy theories accusing the tech tycoon and philanthropist of wanting to use coronavirus vaccines to implant tracking devices in people. Gates, whose foundation has …
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Healthcare workers transfer a patient to Covid-19 Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on Thursday, July 2, 2020. Mark Felix | fake pictures Hospitals and states are struggling to adopt a new national Covid-19 data reporting system hastily implemented by the Trump administration last week that has …
Read More »Singapore clinical trials for the Arcturus and Duke-NUS vaccine candidate
The Singapore Health Sciences Authority has approved clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine candidate being developed by Arcturus Therapeutics and Duke-NUS School of Medicine. Arcturus, a biopharmaceutical company based in San Diego, California, in association with Duke-NUS of Singapore, said they will begin human dosage testing as soon as possible. …
Read More »US government turns to Pfizer to produce millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine
The United States will pay $ 1.95 billion for Pfizer to produce and deliver 100 million doses of its candidate vaccine Covid-19 in the US if proven to be safe and effective in humans, the government announced Wednesday. Under the agreement, the United States can purchase an additional 500 million …
Read More »The economic blow will be there for a long time, says Raghuram Rajan.
While markets reacted positively this week to promising news of possible developing coronavirus vaccines, a leading economist warned that the economic impact of the pandemic will be here for a long time. A large number of small businesses that closed in March when restrictions on social movements went into effect …
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