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In the race to develop a treatment for COVID-19, Gilead Sciences may have found a winner with remdesivir. In a study by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Gilead, researchers found that the experimental drug inhibited the coronavirus in human lung cell cultures …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Chinese state pharmaceutical company Sinopharm has begun phase III clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine in Abu Dhabi with up to 15,000 volunteers, the government in the UAE capital said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: The Sinopharm Group Co Ltd company logo is displayed at a press conference …
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Tracking contacts is considered a critical tool in the fight to contain coronavirus, but what is it like to get the job done? While medical personnel are working to save COVID-19 lives, it is the contact trackers that can actually stop the spread. READ: ‘Answer the phone’: Michigan health officials …
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(Reuters) – Nearly a third of the more than 40 large companies seeking bankruptcy protection in the United States during the coronavirus pandemic awarded bonuses to executives within a month of presenting their cases, according to a Reuters analysis of the statements. of securities and court records. FILE PHOTO: A …
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