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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Shares of CureVac NV rose Thursday after the German biotech company said it was in advanced talks to deliver at least 225 million doses of a potential Covid-19 vaccine to EU member states. CureVac said talks with the EC, the executive arm of the European Union, include an option to …
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A bartender waits for customers at the Arctice ice cream parlor in the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland pawel kopczynski / Reuters Scientists in Finland have found what they claim to be a cure for the cat. Researchers have published a study showing that alcohol-induced nausea, headaches, stress and anxiety …
Read More »Mortgage rates are rising again – just as house prices are starting to rise
Although they are rising, mortgage rates remain below 3%. But a rise in house prices threatens to make buying a home unreachable for many Americans. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.99% for the week ending August 20, and increased three basis points the week before, Freddie Mac FMCC, -0.67% reported …
Read More »Get your flu in September – before cases start to climb
Reuters With the coronavirus still widespread, it’s time to start thinking seriously about flu, which typically spreads in fall and winter. A major flu outbreak would not only overwhelm hospitals this fall and winter, but also likely overwhelm a person who can contract both at the same time. Doctors do …
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