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Developing a COVID-19 Vaccine Quickly Proving to be a Daunting Task But Progress Still Expected

PALM BEACH, Florida, June 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Rapid development of a vaccine to prevent the global health crisis is a global imperative, and defining the stakes and potential hurdles is critical because regulatory and medical decisions are based on benefit/risk calculations. The benefit of developing an effective vaccine is very high, and even greater if it …

Dr. Anthony Fauci says there’s a chance coronavirus vaccine may not provide immunity for very long

June 2, 2020 / Berkeley Lovelace Jr. White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said he worries about the “durability” of a potential coronavirus vaccine, saying there’s a chance it may not provide long-term immunity. If Covid-19 acts like other coronaviruses, “it likely isn’t going to be a long duration of immunity,” Fauci, director of the National Institute …

AHA sends letter to HHS requesting additional emergency funding

June 2, 2020 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has doled out emergency funding to hospitals and health systems to help hospitals with support and resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the American Hospital Association considers those funds a first step — and today, the AHA sent a letter …

Anika Announces Planned CFO Transition

BEDFORD, Mass., June 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANIK), a global, integrated joint preservation and regenerative therapies company with products across the orthopedic early intervention continuum of care, today announced that Sylvia Cheung, Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Board of Directors of her decision, following a period of transition, to step away …

Coronavirus pandemic: Updates from around the world

June 2, 2020 / By Helen Regan, Brett McKeehan and Emma Reynolds, CNN Active coronavirus cases in Italy drop below 40,000 The number of active coronavirus cases in Italy has dropped to 39,893, a decrease of 1,474 since Monday, the country’s Civil Protection Agency said on Tuesday. There have been 318 more patients diagnosed with Covid-19, bringing the …

Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) Sues the FDA to End Its Arbitrary Restrictions on Hydroxychloroquine

TUCSON, Ariz., June 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) filed a lawsuit, AAPS v. FDA, against the Food and Drug Administration to end its arbitrary interference with the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which President Trump and other world leaders have taken as a prophylaxis against COVID-19. Two million doses of HCQ are being sent …

IRS Fails To Pursue High-Income Nonfilers Who Owe $46 Billion In Back Taxes, Watchdog Says

June 2, 2020 / Ashlea Ebeling, Senior Contributor The Internal Revenue Service watchdog TIGTA says the IRS is ignoring hundreds of thousands of delinquent high-income taxpayers who owe billions of dollars in total. That’s sobering news as millions of Americans still are gathering documents to file their 2019 tax returns by the July 15, 2020 …

Dallas County Reporting New Highs In Coronavirus Cases And Deaths, Report Says

June 2, 2020 / Nicholas Reimann, Forbes Staff TOPLINE Dallas County will report its highest single-day totals for both new coronavirus cases and deaths on Tuesday since the pandemic began, according to a report, with the director of the county’s Department of Health and Human Services saying he’s concerned the spread may accelerate with recent …

Medical students pass the pandemic test

June 1, 2020 / Lydia Coutré In mid-March, nursing and medical students’ clinical experiences with direct patient care were quickly put on hold, leaving schools scrambling to find new ways to continue to train medical professionals. They got creative, expanding virtual options for classroom learning and finding other, safer experiences for students, including helping to …

Is the coronavirus airborne? Here’s what we know

May 30, 2020 / By Erika Edwards One reason why measles — a notoriously contagious disease — is so difficult to contain is because its infectious viral particles can linger in the air for up to two hours. Can the coronavirus do the same? It’s a question health officials appear to be grappling with: On Thursday, …

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