(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was able to update its emergency use authorization for Gilead Sciences Inc’s (GILD.O) brakesivir of drugs to admit patients admitted to hospital with moderate COVID-19, despite mixed test results, the company’s top study said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: An ampoule of Ebola …
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MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) – A raging volcano in western Indonesia on Sunday unleashed an avalanche of burning clouds at its slopes. Authorities are checking Mount Sinabung on Sumatra, one of Indonesia’s most important islands, after sensors picked up increasing activity in recent weeks. The volcano in northern Sumatra province on …
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Coronavirus will be “forever” and people will probably need regular vaccinations against it, said a former chief scientific adviser to the UK government. Prof Mark Walport, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), compared the virus to influenza, saying that repeated inoculations on a global scale would …
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WHO says children aged 12 and older should wear masks as adults
PHILO PHOTO: A boy wearing a protective face mask plays in a fountain after local authorities imposed lockdown restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, in Moscow, Russia June 12, 2020. REUTERS / Evgenia Novozhenina ZURICH (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) says children aged 12 and …
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