Sprayer, bloated welts, citronella. It is mosquito season. And in a typical year, the Delaware County Health Department in Ohio would put up more than 90 mosquito traps per week – black tubs of standing water with nets designed to catch small insects. But this year, due to COVID-19, the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia plans to produce 30 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine domestically this year, with the potential to manufacture another 170 million abroad, the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Kirill Dmitriev, director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), attends …
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Can a pregnant woman transmit the coronavirus to her fetus? It is possible, but it seems to be relatively rare and scientists think they know why. Many viruses can cross the placenta and infect the fetus in utero, and there is increasing evidence that the coronavirus can also do so. …
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They said so-called “human challenge trials” or “controlled infection trials” were of “great importance” to speed up testing of developing vaccines worldwide. “If test trials can safely and effectively speed up the vaccine development process, there is a formidable presumption in favor of its use, which would require a very …
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Just as the war of words between Anthony Fauci and the Trump administration seemed poised to come to a stop, things suddenly took another nasty turn. The fractured relationship between President Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for three decades and …
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