The trials were suspended after a study had raised questions over the side-effects of the drug. The goal of the randomized trial was to see if hydroxychloroquine could prevent symptoms of infection, known as postexposure prophylaxis, compared with taking a sugar pill. [Full Article...]
The boat and crew had been fishing Pacific hake between leaving port in Seattle and docking at Bellingham to off-load. Throughout the pandemic Bellingham Cold Storage has not had an employee test positive to the virus, Thomas said. "We have also put in place preparedness procedures in the event of a virus outbreak", Durham said. "Those plans are being fully executed right now". [Full Article...]
The United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll neared 50,000 on Tuesday, confirming its place as one of the worst hit countries in the world just as Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries to ease the stringent novel coronavirus outbreak. Fewer than 13,000 of those have been linked to Covid-19. Pete Whitehouse, director of statistical services, said: "Every death from this virus is a tragedy". [Full Article...]
The head of a cross-party parliamentary health committee piled fresh pressure on the government, criticising the system's head, Dido Harding, for failing to give appropriate data. "It's really important that everyone understands how the scheme works and people do the right thing and self-isolate if they are contacted by NHS test and trace". [Full Article...]
The vaccine will be tested in Brazil on 2,000 volunteers, who will be recruited starting this week, said the Federal University of Sao Paulo, which is coordinating the study. Fauci noted he's also concerned about what the durability of the immune response will be. "There's no evidence now that there are new strains", Modjarrad said Tuesday, but the Army's vaccine is being designed with a long-te... [Full Article...]
Earlier today, eight further deaths were confirmed in Northern Ireland. The update comes after Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell confirmed Thursday there were no additional COVID-19-related deaths occurring within the county's borders since May 11 . [Full Article...]
In its suit, the Center for Democracy and Technology said that Trump's executive order violates the First Amendment because it attacks Twitter for putting the fact checks on the president's tweets, which CDT said is Twitter's right as a private company. [Full Article...]
Finding a venue and throwing together an event in less than three months - all because the president wants to pretend the coronavirus threat has disappeared, reality notwithstanding - is probably going to be trickier than Team Trump realizes. [Full Article...]