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[ad_1] (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s healthcare advisers have held talks with drugmaker executives on the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed program to accelerate development of a possible COVID-19 treatment, a Biden spokesman said on Sunday. Under the Trump administration, Operation Warp Speed has struck deals with several drugmakers in an effort to help […]

[ad_1] Washington — Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb predicted Sunday that by the time President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated in January, the nation will be at the apex of the latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic. “The reality is that by the time the president-elect takes office, we’ll probably be at

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Saturday was supposed to see the University of Virginia’s football team face off against Louisville — but then the coronavirus got in the way. Nine players on Louisville’s team had already been sickened. Then several more fell ill, with seven going into quarantine. The game was postponed.  In central Massachusetts, 150 cases

[ad_1] Masks, hand sanitizer and temperature checks three times a day. That’s the average day for millions of schoolchildren in China, as the country where Covid-19 was first identified has all but declared victory over the coronavirus. The strict oversight measures helped more than 240 million students from kindergarten to university return to class in

[ad_1] A nurse puts on her PPE before tending to a COVID-19 patient on October 21, 2020 in Essen, Germany. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images Irvin Baxter, a televangelist who once called the coronavirus a “privilege,” died of complications from the disease on Tuesday, according to a press release. Baxter previously said he believed Americans having sex

[ad_1] Chocolate? Cars? Hairdressers? Books? Europe is divided over what’s essential during the pandemic. Everyone agrees food markets and drug stores should stay open, but what’s allowed in one country could be verboten on the other side of the border, the Associated Press reported. German Chancellor Angela Merkel pointed out the only fair thing to

[ad_1] A crew of custodial staff clean a classroom at Richard A Simpson Elementary School in Arnold, Missouri, on Thursday 5 November 2020 ((Associated Press)) A Texas kindergarten student has reportedly died of coronavirus complications. Parents Lastassija White and Quincy Drone told local news outlet KAMR on Thursday their five-year-old daughter, Tagan, died on Friday

[ad_1] White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a new report Friday. Meadows, 61, informed a close circle of advisers after Tuesday’s election, and received a positive test result on Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported. His diagnosis follows that of his boss, President Trump, who was hospitalized with COVID-19

[ad_1] Corona virus whole on white background Credit – Getty Images One of the more surprising symptoms of COVID-19 has been the blood clots that many patients, including younger ones, have experienced with the infection. The clots have in some cases led to dangerous blockages in the lungs, caused strokes and even death, even in

[ad_1] An election employee in New Haven, Conn., has tested positive for the coronavirus, leading to a dozen other workers being quarantined, city officials said Wednesday. Maritza Bond, the city’s public health director, said the infected employee has not been to work since experiencing symptoms last week. She said offices in City Hall have been