WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As scientists and pharmaceutical companies work at breakneck speed to develop a vaccine against the new coronavirus, public health officials and top US lawmakers are sounding the alarm about lack of planning on the part of the Trump administration for national distribution. FILE PHOTO: United States President …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, participates in a round table with US President Donald Trump on plasma donation during a visit to the American Red Cross national headquarters in Washington, USA. ., July 30, 2020. REUTERS / Carlos Barria WASHINGTON (Reuters) – …
Read More »AstraZeneca reports strong gains and progress from the vaccine. The stock is going up.
Text size fake pictures Shares of AstraZeneca rose on Thursday as new drug sales helped the British pharmaceutical giant exceed expectations in the second quarter. Late-stage trials for its experimental coronavirus vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, have also begun in the UK, Brazil and South Africa, the company …
Read More »Shocked Hong Kong in a new era under China’s ‘white knuckle’ control
HONG KONG (Reuters) – For 23 years, Hong Kong was an anomaly. FILE PHOTO: Women pass a government-sponsored advertisement promoting the new national security law as a meeting on national security legislation is held in Hong Kong, China on June 29, 2020. REUTERS / Tyrone Siu A free and partially …
Read More »Trump postpones electoral delay, lawmakers from both parties reject the idea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the idea of delaying the US election on November 3, an idea immediately rejected by both Democrats and fellow Republicans in Congress, the only branch of government with the authority to make such a change. Critics and even Trump’s allies dismissed …
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