A hospital staff sanitizes the premise in the new covide hospital in Sector 39, on 7 August 2020 in Noida, India. Sunil Ghosh | Hindustan Times via Getty Images A new study testing multiple surfaces of an oncology unit in New Jersey found no traces of the coronavirus, suggesting that …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is defending its controversial new guidance on coronavirus testing after writing from various medical groups and accusations of political intervention. Earlier this week, the CDC quickly revised its guidance on coronavirus testing, dropping its previous recommendation to test anyone who came in close …
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Text size Dreamstime Older adults who participated in Moderna‘s Phase 1 trial of its Covid-19 vaccine responded just as well as younger adults, according to data, the biotech company presented Wednesday morning to a key Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory panel. This is important because Covid-19 is not …
Read More »Kushner says NBA players are happy to be able to take a night off
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Thursday that NBA players refusing to play in protest of a recent police shooting party are fortunate enough to be “free one night off work.” Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, was asked on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” about the decision of the …
Read More »Pelosi and Meadows to discuss coronavirus help weeks after stimulus talks broke out
The two have not spoken since talks were imploded weeks ago and negotiators ran away without a deal meant to bolster the economy and help struggling Americans pay their bills amid the pandemic. There is little optimism on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue that there will be progress on stimulus …
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