A new COVID-19 vaccine candidate is entering Phase 1 clinical human testing today, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted an application from Inovio Pharmaceuticals under the regulator’s Investigational New Drug program. Inovio plans to inject its first volunteer test subject with the INO-4800 DNA vaccine candidate it has developed, following promising results…
Amazon employees hold a protest over conditions at the company's Staten Island, New York, fulfillment center last week. Spencer Platt/Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Amazon this week has been promoting one of its latest coronavirus safety efforts, saying it's now made millions of…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the coronavirus pandemic spread across the United States this week, Republicans in Texas and Mississippi sought to further limit abortion access and New Jersey’s Democratic governor refused to declare gun shops an essential service that would stay open. FILE PHOTO: A man holds a semi-automatic handgun at Frontier Arms & Supply…
Health workers screen a patient for coronavirus on March 18 at a drive-through testing site in Arlington, Virginia. Drew Angerer/Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has rapidly spread and reached the stage of pandemic. Cities, states and countries mandated quarantines.…
CLOSE Dr. Anthony Fauci says we will never be able to act like "there never was a coronavirus problem." USA TODAYDr. Anthony Fauci said Friday he would "want to see a clear indication" that the U.S. is "very clearly and strongly going in the right direction," before reopening the country."The virus kind of decides whether or not…
(Reuters) - Global cases of the new coronavirus have shot past 1 million with more than 54,000 fatalities, a Reuters tally showed on Friday, as death tolls soared in the United States and western Europe while the world economy nosedived. People queue to pick up fresh food at a Los Angeles Regional Food Bank giveaway…
Russia sent some medical supplies to the US to help fight coronavirus.Moscow called it a "humanitarian" gesture.The US State Department reminded everyone it was not an act of charity — the US had bought the supplies.Some Russians were annoyed that the Kremlin was trying to get good PR in the US when their people are…
5.41am EDT05:41 Spain's coronavirus death toll reaches 15,843, number of people dying falls again Spain recorded a 605 increase in the death toll on Friday, another fall on the previous day. The number of people who have died from the disease rose to 15,843 on Friday, up from 15,238 on Thursday. The total number of…
I would like stock tips from Noted Expert Mike Gundy. Also, some cooking recipes. Could he offer best practices to our educators? How about weighing in on the Middle East?I’m dying to be enlightened. Really.Clearly, Noted Expert Mike Gundy knows far more than just football. Not that he’s been great in that regard lately—his Oklahoma…
Hong Kong (CNN)Every day, student Xiong Yanfei sits at her desk in her parent's small apartment in Wuhan, studying for an exam that could change the course of her life.She starts at 8 a.m. and finishes at 11 p.m. Normally, at school she'd get little breaks between classes during the day, before coming home to…
NEW DELHI: As president of the UN Security Council in March, and in a sharp departure from its position earlier, China ignored a plea by Pakistan for "urgent and appropriate" consideration of what the latter described as grave developments in Jammu and KashmirUNSC presidency has not been lost on India as the two countries look…
US troops have started to leave Afghanistan for the initial troop withdrawal required in the US-Taliban agreement, a spokesman for US Forces in Afghanistan announced on Monday, amid political chaos in Kabul that threatens the deal. The US will cut the number of forces in the country to 8,600, according to a statement by US Forces Afghanistan…
Image: QuibiQuibi, a new entertainment platform designed specifically for your phone, is set to officially launch on April 6th. When it does, it will launch with a decent-sized lineup of programming.Programming includes travel series Cup of Joe starring Joe Jonas; Anna Kendrick’s comedy Dummy; Fight Like a Girl from WWE’s Superstars; Agua Donkeys from Funny…
A new COVID-19 vaccine candidate is entering Phase 1 clinical human testing today, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted an application from Inovio Pharmaceuticals under the regulator’s Investigational New Drug program. Inovio plans to inject its first volunteer test subject with the INO-4800 DNA vaccine candidate it has developed, following promising results…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday blacklisted 20 Iran- and Iraq-based companies, officials and individuals, accusing them of supporting terrorist groups and ramping up pressure on Tehran even as the Islamic Republic battles the coronavirus outbreak.The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement that the individuals and entities supported Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards…
