[CNBC] The FDA said that there were four reported cases of Bell’s palsy among Moderna’s 30,000 trial participants, including three who got the vaccine. However, “currently available information is insufficient to determine a causal relationship with the vaccine,” the FDA wrote in briefing documents. The FDA’s guidance for Moderna’s vaccine […]
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[USA TODAY, AP] Florida men’s basketball player Keyontae Johnson remained in critical but stable Monday afternoon after collapsing during a game over the weekend, the school said in a statement. The Gators announced that Johnson had been transported to a hospital in Gainesville, Florida after receiving his initial treatment in Tallahassee. As […]
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[USA TODAY] WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. government agencies were ordered to scour their networks for malware and disconnect potentially compromised servers after authorities learned that the Treasury and Commerce departments were hacked in a monthslong global cyberespionage campaign discovered when a prominent cybersecurity firm learned it had been breached. In […]
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[USA TODAY] The United States on Saturday reported its 16 millionth COVID-19 case, even as a newly authorized vaccine is already being distributed and vaccinations are expected to begin Monday, according to federal officials. It took three months for the U.S. to record its first million cases. But it’s been just four days […]
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[New York Post] Jessica Johnson first thought she had been defrauded when she saw $16,293 deducted from her bank account. Then she learned son George, 6, had racked up app-store charges playing Sonic Forces starring the imperiled Sonic the Hedgehog. (Tamara Beckwith) Well, someone has made Santa’s naughty list. Six-year-old […]
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[Decrypt, Shutterstock] XRP’s price fell by 8% today, just hours after the Flare Network worked out which addresses it shall credit with free Spark tokens. The price of XRP, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has crashed following a huge airdrop that will credit all XRP holders who hold funds in participating exchanges and wallets with free cryptocurrency. […]
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[MarketWatch] The 651 billionaires in the U.S. have seen their collective wealth grow by more than $1 trillion over the past nine months “The rich get richer” doesn’t even begin to truly capture what’s been happening across the United States during the coronavirus pandemic. According to Americans for Tax Fairness […]
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[CNBC] Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter on Thursday launched Monogram, a premium cannabis brand. The products include several strains designated as light, medium and heavy — available in pre-rolled cigars and joints and tins of cannabis flower. Jay-Z joins a growing list of artists getting into the pot business. Jay-Z just became […]
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[New York Post, Reuters/File Photo] The race is on to find a treatment that works to quash the coronavirus — as the deadly disease continues to spread across the globe. Here’s a list of the most promising treatments and potential vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Remdesivir The experimental antiviral […]
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(CNN) Dr. Anthony Fauci is urging Black Americans hesitant to take the Covid-19 vaccine to trust the process — in part because one of the scientists at the forefront of the vaccine’s development is a Black woman.The nation’s top infectious disease expert, speaking at an event hosted by the National Urban League on Tuesday, […]
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