CHICAGO (Reuters) – Early data from trials of three potential COVID-19 vaccines released Monday, including a closely watched Oxford University candidate, raised confidence that a vaccine can train the immune system to recognize and combat the new coronavirus without serious side effects It is still unclear whether any of these …
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John Beigel’s problem was that not enough Covid-19 people died. Not that he wanted them to, of course. It’s just that, as dire as the pandemic has been, it hasn’t killed as many people as it seemed. And Beigel, a researcher at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, …
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Sophia Garabedian had been dealing with a persistent fever and a painful headache when her parents found her numb in her bed one morning last fall. Doctors finally diagnosed Sudbury, Massachusetts, 5, a resident with eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but severe mosquito-borne virus that causes brain inflammation. Garabedian survived …
Read More »US coronavirus deaths exceed 140,000 as outbreak worsens
(Reuters) – Deaths in the United States from the new coronavirus surpassed 140,000 on Saturday, as cases continued to rise in 42 of 50 states in the past two weeks, according to a Reuters count. Since the end of June, the United States has seen a resurgence in new cases …
Read More »Viktor Orban says “the Dutchman” is responsible for the mess at the EU summit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Sunday that Dutch leader Mark Rutte was responsible for the impasse at a European Union summit, where leaders were due to haggle for the third day on a vast stimulus plan to their economies affected by the coronavirus. . Hungarian Prime …
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