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Indoor Restaurants Shut Down in 72% of California for Three Weeks

Earlier this week Los Angeles County's public health director said that nearly half of restaurants and bars were not following social distancing rules. Cali...

Chinese scientists discover new swine flu with pandemic potential

Researchers in China have discovered a brand-new type of swine flu that is able to infect humans. The study, carried out between 2011 and 2018 in 10 Chinese ...

China Downplays Potential New Pandemic: Study Not Representative

Scientists at Chinese universities and China's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention are saying that G4 possesses "all the essential hallmarks of being high...

Sell-siders opine on Gilead's remdesivir ROI after price announcement

This means a person, who is qualified to get the Gilead COVID-19 drug remdesivir at an amount of $390, will cost the USA government to pay $2,340 for six-vial t...

Statement on Supreme Court's Decision in June Medical Services v. Russo

She says the decision by Chief Justice Roberts doesn't indicate that he has flipped his lifelong position against abortion access, but rather Roberts is signali...

House Dems Pass Obamacare Expansion, Seeking to Draw Contrast With Trump

The expansion also allows for medicare to haggle prescription drug prices. Republicans argued the bill would not only exacerbate the troubles of an already dy...

Virus cases in USA could hit 100000 a day

Also on Tuesday at another hearing held by the House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the early reopening of the Unit...

California's Newsom creates 'strike teams' to enforce business shutdowns amid coronavirus surge

Under the state order, restaurants, wineries, tasting rooms, movie theaters, family entertainment centers, zoos, museums and card rooms in those counties must c...

Imperial's COVID-19 vaccine trial: how will it work?

On Wednesday the BBC reported that human trials have already been started by the experts at the Oxford University. Trials of the Oxford vaccine also began thi...

USA could see 100000 new Covid-19 cases per day, Fauci says

In the United States, wearing masks has become a divisive political issue, and many southern and western states began reopening businesses without having met go...

Hinshaw to deliver Alberta COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon

Outdoor gatherings in Alberta have essentially doubled in size. A total of 41 new cases were reported across the province, Tuesday, recorded from a total of a...

USA buys almost entire global stock of Covid-19 drug remdesivir

According to the KCDC, hospitals will use the drug for COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms, including those that need oxygen treatment, such as extracorporea...

The cost of COVID-19 drug remdesivir: $2340 to $3120 per patient

As for dexamethasone, United Kingdom researchers recently announced that the treatment led to a 35% reduction in death rate among seriously ill, mechanically ...

'Wear a mask!' Republicans break with Trump as COVID-19 surges

Republican Senator Tim Scott of SC, where cases are spiking, posted a similar message on Twitter. "I've known the president to have worn a mask at times as he g...

CDC Director Disappointed American Airlines Will Pack Planes

However, United Airlines never promised to leave seats empty, and American said last week that starting Wednesday it would drop its effort to keep half of all...

United States buys up global supply of Covid-19 drug Remdesivir

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said the medication developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences Inc. will be used for COV...

Gilead Is Testing an Inhalable Form of Intravenous Remdesivir

The therapy was the primary to point out enchancment in trials on COVID-19 sufferers and has gained approval for emergency use in severely sick sufferers within...

Michigan Bar Linked To At Least 85 New Coronavirus Cases

However, the pub reportedly struggled to enforce social distancing and mask wearing, particularly in the queue outside, something the business admitted on its F...

Trump administration calls on Supreme Court to repeal Obamacare

The brief argues that because the law's requirement to have health insurance was upheld in court as a tax in 2012, and Congress has since repealed the financial...

Tuesday Halifax County COVID-19 update

Cole County is reporting double-digit active COVID-19 cases for the first time in several weeks. Cole County residents with the newest cases have reported mil...

New virus found in China could unleash another pandemic

Some experts say that the virus does not now pose an imminent threat. In China , a Foreign Ministry spokesman said that China was closely following devel...

BC health officials report 12 new coronavirus cases

Visitors must book in advance and facilities where there are active COVID-19 outbreaks will remain closed, she said. She added that B.C. now has sufficient re...

Dr. Fauci COVID Senate testimony: 4 sobering takeaways

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans more guidelines for local school systems, Director Robert Redfield said . "The numbers speak for t...

U.S. could see 100000 new Covid-19 cases per day, Fauci says

California, Texas and many other states have reported record increases in new cases of the sometimes deadly illness caused by the novel coronavirus , leadi...

Gilead Remdesivir Price Triggers Analyst Debate on Recouping Investment

The agency granted remdesivir an Emergency Use Authorization in May, but the order is temporary and "does not take the place of the formal new drug applicat...

Sees 15 new cases of COVID-19

As we start to rebound from the impact of COVID-19, many Montanans need financial help. Allamakee County has dropped from 29 to 4 active cases. New Hanover Co...

Coronavirus: US officials warn 'this is just the beginning'

And while Dr. Fauci is a supporter of certain so-called "reopening" pushes, he noted that we are now experiencing the fallout from not doing so in a more respon...

Coronavirus hot spots in Australia put parts of Victoria into lockdown

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced the State's borders will reopen from July 10 to all other states except Victoria. Global flights into V...

Flu strain with pandemic potential found in pigs in China

More than one in 10 workers who handled swine had already been infected with G4, according to antibody blood tests conducted by the study authors. According...

U.S. kept off European Union 'safe list' for resumption of non-essential travel

USA neighbour Canada, as well as Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Uruguay, were included without conditions on the list. The EU will also lift travel restric...

Stop going to bars, Dr. Fauci tells Americans

Fauci expressed dismay over people congregating in crowds and not wearing masks and inadequate attention being paid to guidelines on reopening. "There are s...

Coronavirus Reportedly Detected in Wastewater Samples From March 2019

More than 300 researchers and also medical professionals coming from the federal authorities, business and also academic community posted a document of their ou...

Covid 19 coronavirus: New flu virus with 'pandemic potential' found in pigs

People do not have any existing immunity against it, they said. Researchers found that G4 viruses were able to bind to human receptors, and could replicate ...

Gilead sets price for coronavirus drug remdesivir at $3400, sparking criticism

In an open letter released on June 29, Daniel O'Day, chairman and CEO of Foster City-based Gilead , said the drug remdesivir shortened patient recovery ti...

Impossible Foods now offered at Starbucks

What's Next: The breakfast sandwich is now available at the majority of Starbucks stores as part of the summer menu. Dr. Patrick O. Brown, founder and CEO of ...