FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn looks forward to when President Donald Trump announces that the Food and Drug Administration is issuing an emergency permit for blood plasma as a treatment for coronavirus during a press conference at the James S. Brady Briefing Room at the White House on August 23, 2020 …
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The coronavirus of 2020 and the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 have many differences and share many similarities, but they also combine at one point: their impact on the economy and employment, and in particular, how richer people had better opportunities to survive their respective pandemics. Both pandemics involve new, …
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Text size Data from BioNTech and Pfizer were particularly promising. Jeenah Moon / Getty Images After a hiatus from a late summer break, the news of a Covid-19 vaccine is heating up again as a handful of leading programs are rapidly moving to a decisive phase. Reports from several companies …
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Pfizer (PFE) – Get report and its German partner BioNTech (BNTX) – Get report were increased in premarth trade Friday after the companies said their Covid-19 vaccine candidate would pass tests in the final stage. The companies said the vaccine was “well tolerated with mild to moderate fever in less …
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Jacquelyn Martin | AP A top US health regulator that will help decide the fate of a coronavirus vaccine has promised to resign if the Trump administration approves a vaccine before it is shown safely and effectively, Reuters has learned. Peter Marks, director of …
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