If 95 percent of Americans wore masks consistently, nearly 130,00 lives could be saved between now and March 2021, a new study suggests. Without measures like masks and social distancing, however, the US coronavirus death toll is likely to exceed 511,000 by then, the latest research from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics … Read more
US regulators said on Wednesday that AstraZeneca can resume the US arm of its trial of Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine, according to documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal. AstraZeneca paused global trials on September 8 due to what it called at the time an ‘unexplained illness’ in a British volunteer. Tests resumed on September … Read more
Coronavirus has spread far more rapidly in poorer areas of the US, which had 25 percent more cases relative to their populations by the time they were identified as ‘hotspots,’ a new report reveals. Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that counties in low income brackets where many people lived … Read more
How to beat the winter blues: Shoppers swear by this £9.99 SAD desk lamp for boosting their mood while working from home By Emily Knott For Mailonline Published: 09:22 BST, 23 October 2020 | Updated: 09:22 BST, 23 October 2020 This weekend marks the end of British Summer Time and the arrival of shorter days … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Gilead’s remdesivir gets FULL FDA approval as a treatment for coronavirus patients On Thursday, the FDA gave full approval for the antiviral drug remdesivir as a treatment for the novel coronavirus Previously, it was the only medication approved in the US to treat COVID-19 patients by emergency use A recent NIH study found remdesivir shortened coronavirus … Read more
Americans are still waiting nearly three days for coronavirus test results – too slow for contact tracing to detect potential outbreaks, study finds A new survey reveal the average wait time for coronavirus test results to return has fallen from four days in April to 2.7 days in September Researchers say this is still too slow for … Read more
Daily coronavirus fatality rates in the US remain a fraction of what they were in the deadly spring peak, even as cases climb to levels not seen since August, and well above infection rates from March to May. In fact, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest that excess fatalities … Read more
Moderna Inc announced on Thursday that it has completed enrollment of 30,000 volunteers for the final stage of its coronavirus vaccine trial. Additionally, the Massachusetts-based company says its group is more diverse and that more than 5,000 volunteers have already received their second of two jabs. The reveal indicates that the company is not far … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has cost millions of years of potential human life in the US, a new study suggests. A researcher from Harvard University added up the number of years Americans who died from COVID-19 would have lived if they reached their average life expectancy. His findings show that, since the beginning of 2020, the … Read more
Dr João Pedro R. Feitosa (pictured), a 28-year-old from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, was confirmed to be the volunteer who died in the Brazilian arm of AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford’s coronavirus vaccine trial A volunteer in the Brazilian arm of AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford’s coronavirus vaccine trial has died, the country’s health … Read more