Text size The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday rejected Gilead Science’s application for a will-be blockbuster arthritis medicine, blind investors. One analyst called the development a ‘near-worst-case scenario’ and a ‘shock’. Dreamstime The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to deny Gilead Science’s application for a wild medicine for blockbuster …
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It’s a strange side effect. But could it provide clues as to how coronavirus attacks the body? Why do some people with COVID-19 lose their sense of smell? And what can be learned from it? Scientists are examining tissue removed from patients’ noses during surgery, believing they may have discovered …
Read More »First Chamber Intelligence Report warns of repeat Russian interference in elections
Russian intelligence operations were closer to the top actions of Trump campaign than previously known in 2016, the report states. The commission also documented ongoing disinformation of people with Russian allies well past the 2016 elections – findings so alarming that the two-party House of Representatives committee called for several …
Read More »Pay taxes: Companies say Trump’s executive action is ‘unworkable’
“Many of our members consider it unfair for employees to make a decision that would impose a major tax law on them next year,” the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and more than 30 trade associations wrote in a letter to Congress and the Treasury Department. . “It would also be …
Read More »The CDC wants state and local sewage systems to be tested for coronavirus
A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Edward R. Roybal campus in Atlanta, Georgia on April 23, 2020. Tami Chappell | AFP | Getty Images The federal government is working with local health departments to begin testing coronavirus sewage systems in an effort to catch the …
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