Millions of years An unknown common ancestor of today’s llamas, camels and alpacas underwent an unusual genetic mutation. This evolutionary occurrence gave llamas and their relatives a strange type of antibody that no other mammal has, which, surprisingly, could end up aiding in the fight against Covid-19. This Monday in …
Read More »‘Serious bad service’: Merck CEO warns against hopes of virus vaccine | Coronavirus pandemic news
Developing coronavirus vaccines are not guaranteed to work, and people who hope to develop a vaccine before the end of the year are “seriously harming the public,” the head of Merck & Co Inc said, according to a report by Harvard Business Review. Potential vaccines may not have the qualities …
Read More »Rapidly decreasing immunity of COVID-19 poses a vaccination challenge
LONDON (Reuters) – Emerging evidence that the body’s immune defense against COVID-19 may be short-lived makes it even more difficult for vaccine developers to find vaccines fully capable of protecting people in future waves of infection, Scientists said Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Professor Gottfried Kremsner injects a coronavirus disease vaccine (COVID-19) …
Read More »Tokyo declares coronavirus red alert a ‘pretty severe’ situation
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo raised its coronavirus alert to the highest “red” level on Wednesday, alarmed by a recent surge in new daily cases to record highs, with Governor Yuriko Koike describing the situation in the Japanese capital as “quite severe ” The resurgence of the virus in Tokyo could …
Read More »Vaccine Hopes Boost Earnings for European Stocks and US Stock Futures
Tourists stroll through the center of Rovinj on the Istrian peninsula in the Adriatic Sea on July 4, 2020. Denis Lovrovic / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images European stocks rose Wednesday, and US equity futures also rose as investors accepted positive news about a candidate for the coronavirus vaccine. The …
Read More »