The Indianapolis-based drugmaker said it will enroll about 2,400 residents and staff of nursing homes to test an antibody it is developing with a Canadian biotech. Nursing homes account for about 40% of U.S. deaths from COVID-19.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows made clear in separate interviews Sunday that they remain far apart on another pandemic relief package.
Federal authorities say one of the gravest threats to the November election is a well-timed ransomware attack that could paralyze voting operations. The threat isn’t just from foreign governments, but any fortune-seeking criminal.
The state on Sunday said Marion County saw an increase of 132 cases, the 17th straight day that cases in the county have risen by more than 100.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Saturday reported 989 new COVID-19 cases, the second-highest number of cases reported in the daily report since the beginning of the pandemic.
The stock market flipped up and down throughout the day amid worries about the economy and whether Congress can find agreement on more aid for it.
Both sides say the talks have not produced much progress but they could be nearing a critical phase over the weekend and into next week.
Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease official, said a quarter-million people have expressed interest in taking part in studies of experimental vaccines for the coronavirus.
Statewide testing for COVID-19 has topped 8,000 in 16 of the last 18 days and exceeded 11,000 in six of the past nine days.
While the demand for printing papers had been in slow decline before the pandemic, the magnitude of the drop during COVID-19 has been a surprise.
The vaccine prospect is based on the existing DNA-based technology that is used to produce Sanofi’s seasonal flu vaccine. It is one of several vaccines in development.
With confirmed viral infections rising in a majority of states, many businesses have had to pause their re-openings or close a second time and cut jobs, thereby putting consumers under renewed pressure.
With unemployment so high, workers who still have jobs have less ability to resist pay cuts or demand raises.
Former and current Amazon executives who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly say no company could fully prepare for the crush of orders stemming from a global pandemic.
Democratic leaders panned the idea in late-night talks at the Capitol, opting to keep the pressure on for a much more expensive and sweeping bill.
IPS struggled with the shift to remote instruction in March, but officials said they were taking steps to mitigate problems this time around.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s foremost infectious-disease expert, said he’s worried about rising percentages of tests coming back positive in states like Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana.
The 800 stores represent 8% of Dunkin’s U.S. footprint but just 2% of its sales.
The developers said they have the potential to manufacture up to 100 million vaccine doses by the end of this year and up to 1.3 billion doses by the end of 2021.
The Commerce Department reports quarterly GDP at an annual rate to allow easy comparisons to other time periods. Remove the annualization, and we see the economy contracted a still-abysmal 9.5%.
