AstraZeneca pauses coronavirus vaccine trial after unexplained illness in volunteer
Drug giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it had paused global trials of its coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the…
Continue ReadingDrug giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it had paused global trials of its coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the…
Continue ReadingIn 1903, the agency that would later become part of the US Food and Drug Administration approved its first vaccine. Now the FDA has more than 80…
Continue ReadingDuring the coronavirus surge in Texas this summer, Dr. Thomas Patterson said he only had enough of the anti-viral drug remdesivir for about a third…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso health officials reported one new coronavirus-related death Wednesday morning. The death toll now stands at 449 in…
Continue ReadingBritish drugmaker AstraZeneca said Monday it has started Phase 3 trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine in the United States, becoming the…
Continue ReadingWhat’s the most persistent and lethal threat to the US, according to Department of Homeland Security documents? White supremacy. Here’s…
Continue ReadingWhen Raquel Minina’s 11-year-old son Syrus came home from school in Paulding County, Georgia, last week with a sore throat, runny nodse and…
Continue ReadingDo you have a pounding headache from work and family stress at home? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that pandemics can be…
Continue ReadingUnder two weeks after school started, Savannah Gardiner’s 8-year-old son woke her up at 4 a.m. complaining of an upset stomach, nausea and a…
Continue ReadingPreventable deaths in children under 5 were at the lowest number on record in 2019 at just over 5 million, down from 12.5 million in 1990, according…
Continue ReadingPfizer and BioNTech are confident they can have a vaccine against the novel coronavirus ready for regulatory approval by the middle of October or…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas health officials on Tuesday said there had been more than 13,500 total deaths from the coronavirus, as the governor extended…
Continue ReadingWith a black suit jacket shrugged off her left shoulder, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer didn’t flinch while getting a flu vaccination on live…
Continue ReadingTuesday was the first day of school for more than 1.8 million students, with most of the nation’s biggest districts offering online only…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials said only 44 new coronavirus cases were reported on Tuesday, including just three in Doña Ana…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK, NY — Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate are on temporary hold while the company investigates whether a patient…
Continue ReadingWhen people obeyed stay-at-home orders this past spring, it reduced the spread of Covid-19, according to new research published Tuesday. “These…
Continue ReadingHalf a million US children have been diagnosed with Covid-19, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital…
Continue ReadingTalking robots that interact with older people could be introduced into care homes to help fight loneliness and mental ill health. Pepper, a…
Continue ReadingNine vaccine makers say they have signed a joint pledge to uphold “high ethical standards,” suggesting they won’t seek premature…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced three new coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday morning. The death toll now…
Continue ReadingA group funded by the National Institutes of Health has released a series of emotional television ads asking Black people and Latinos to roll up…
Continue ReadingIn 2017, a team of experts at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security published a scenario as part of a training exercise that they believed…
Continue ReadingAnother federal official is making it clear that despite President Trump’s predictions, there’s hardly any chance a vaccine will be…
Continue ReadingAmericans have two choices as they celebrate Labor Day: 1. Be responsible. Keep gatherings small, have them outside, wear a face mask when…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, TEXAS — Texas reported 2,057 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, and 20 additional deaths. The Texas Department of State…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported 46 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus — the lowest daily number in the…
Continue ReadingA team of experts on food contamination says it is highly unlikely that food is a source of Covid-19 transmission. The International Commission on…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — This year, more than 277,000 American women and men will be diagnosed with breast cancer. As of this week, there’s a new…
Continue ReadingAustralia and other countries in the Southern Hemisphere just finished their easiest flu seasons on record, and the United States and other nations…
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