Text size Johnson & Johnson became the third western biopharmaceutical company to start a new test of its Covid-19 vaccine this week, but with one difference: in a surprise announcement Thursday morning, the company said it would test its vaccine in a format single dose. Moderna (MRNA) and Pfizer (PFE) …
Read More »UPS shares skyrocket to best day of all as surprisingly strong consumer demand yields big profits
Shares of United Parcel Services Inc. soared to their best day ever on Thursday as surprisingly strong consumer demand in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic offset the weakness in business demand and helped prepare the giant for delivering packages for the upcoming peak shopping season. Christmas came early for …
Read More »Pharmacists Compete to Build Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Chains
Pharmaceutical companies competing to develop coronavirus vaccines are already working behind the scenes to build the supply chains necessary to deliver their drugs to billions of people as quickly as possible. To meet global demand once a vaccine is approved, a complicated and high-risk supply chain would be put in …
Read More »Woman who destroyed the mask exhibit at Target: “Mental illness has really been something that has not been addressed as a result of this pandemic”
Stress and fear of COVID-19 can take its toll. Melissa Rein Lively, the woman who was filmed destroying a mask in early July on a Target TGT, + 1.18% in Scottsdale, Arizona, and posted it on social media, says he spent a week at a mental health center after the …
Read More »Dr. Fauci recommends wearing glasses to avoid contracting the coronavirus.
Dr. Anthony Fauci says that eye protection may be recommended at some point to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The infectious disease expert sat down for a remote Q&A with ABC News via his Instagram account on Wednesday, and his comments on the glasses raised many eyebrows on social …
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