(You can also receive daily “5 things you need to know today” in your inbox. Sign up here.) 1. Coronavirus More than 600,000 deaths and nearly 15 million cases. Current global coronavirus numbers are forcing further closings and creating uncertainty for events well into 2021. In American cities affected by …
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Scientists have suggested that a cholesterol-lowering drug could make coronavirus as treatable as the common cold. Researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York studied the possibility of depriving the virus of the nutrients Covid-19 needs to survive. They found that the fat that accumulates inside lung cells is …
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Coronavirus vaccines are not the only new drugs COVID-19 in advanced testing. A different type of drug that could have a major impact on the pandemic is also approaching the final stages of human testing. Dr Anthony Fauci said that monoclonal antibody medications, which can neutralize the virus and provide …
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As the Covid-19 crisis intensifies in the United States, the fight for an effective vaccine is about to collide with the electoral calendar. Pfizer (ticker: PFE) says it will seek authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its Covid-19 vaccine starting in October. Meanwhile, the federal government’s Covid-19 vaccine …
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LONDON / OTTAWA (Reuters) – Russian state-backed hackers are trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research and treatment from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world, the National Center for Cyber Security said Thursday. (NCSC) of Great Britain. A coordinated statement by Britain, the United States and Canada attributed the attacks …
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