[The Washington Post, AP] The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized the first rapid coronavirus test that can be taken at home without prescription and that yields immediate results. The test could be a vital tool in the country’s fight against the virus — especially in the months before most Americans […]
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[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] 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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[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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[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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[Bloomberg] Both drugmakers have pending clearance applications at FDA With FDA officials attending summit, concern about conflicts Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., the two pharmaceutical companies closest to gaining U.S. clearance for a Covid-19 vaccine, won’t attend a White House summit intended to build confidence in the shots. With the Food […]
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[The Motley Fool, Getty Images] Is another big crash on the horizon? In 25 days, one of the wildest years on record for the stock market will come to a close. In no particular order, the investing community has witnessed: The fastest bear market decline of at least 30% in history. The […]
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[NPR, AP] A federal judge has reversed the Trump administration’s latest round of rules placing further limits on the Obama-era program that shields undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children from deportation. Under the order filed Friday, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn instructed […]
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[The New York Times] The multipronged advice, for individuals and state and local officials, may augur a national strategy in the months to come, experts said. With coronavirus infections soaring across the nation, federal health officials on Friday urged Americans in the most forceful language yet to take steps to protect […]
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