MIAMI – Researchers from the University of Miami are looking for around 1,000 healthy adult volunteers to participate in the coronavirus vaccine trials in South Florida. Dr Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, an infectious disease expert at the University of Miami, said one of the trials is with the Cambridge-based Modern biotech company, …
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As a young man with cerebral palsy, Aristizábal has struggled his entire life to overcome obstacles on his way. Today, his non-profit organization, ASODISVALLE, an acronym that translates as the Valley Association of People with Disabilities, offers a range of services that have helped transform the lives of more than …
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A group of researchers from the Harvard Institute of Global Health said the chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was wrong earlier this week when he suggested that an increase in COVID-19 cases in the southern states It was caused by people driving there from the northern …
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Tests that take five days or more are of little use, researchers from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands reported Thursday in the journal Lancet Public Health. “In our model, minimizing testing delays had the greatest impact in reducing virus transmission, and therefore the testing infrastructure is the most …
Read More »Arkansas Governor Issues Statewide Mask Order
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) issued an order Thursday making his state the last to require residents to wear face masks in public to curb the spread of COVID-19. The mandate will take effect on Monday and comes just a day after retail giant Walmart, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, announced …
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