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American biotech firm Moderna announced Monday that its phase-one human trial for a coronavirus vaccine produced COVID-19 antibodies in every one of its participants. Two vaccine doses of 25 micrograms showed that, by day 43 of the trial, humans developed antibody levels consistent with those who have recovered from coronavirus, the company said. Participants who …
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President Trump on Sunday hit back at criticism from former president Barack Obama over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “Look, he was an incompetent president,” Trump said of Obama. “That’s all I can say. Grossly incompetent.” In a speech to graduates of historically black colleges on Saturday, Obama leveled thinly veiled criticism at his …
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Eight prospective coronavirus vaccines have already started human trials, as the White House continues “Operation Warp Speed” with the goal of making 300 million vaccine doses available to Americans by the start of 2021. Researchers at Oxford University and drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna are among those already conducting human trials of potential vaccines, as part …
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Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell warned in an interview released on Sunday that a full economic rebound following the coronavirus pandemic may not occur until the end of 2021. Powell described the sudden slowdown as the “biggest shock that the economy’s had in living memory” during the interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes. “This economy will …
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The coronavirus has claimed some of SoftBank’s “unicorns” as casualties — and its billionaire CEO used a fantasy-driven slide presentation to illustrate the problem. The Japanese investment giant reported an $18 billion loss for its Vision Fund Monday after its buzzy “unicorn” tech startups like Uber and WeWork fell into what CEO Masayoshi Son called …
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Shares of Uber spiked as much as 8 percent Monday on reports that the ride-hail giant is axing an additional 3,000 employees and closing 45 offices as the coronavirus slams the brakes on its business. Combined with 3,700 pink slips the company handed out earlier this month, the latest cuts — which CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced …
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Israeli inventors have developed a coronavirus mask with a remote control mouth that lets diners eat food without taking it off, a device they say could make a visit to a restaurant less risky. A squeeze of a lever, much like a cyclist operates a handbrake, opens a slot in the front of the mask …
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US restrictions against Huawei could devastate the Chinese technology giant and escalate tensions between Beijing and Washington already heightened amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Commerce Department issued new guidelines on Friday barring any non-American chipmaker from supplying Huawei Technologies Co. without first getting approval from the US government. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest …
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Marla Maples has spent her quarantine getting friendly with trees and hanging out with her late grandfather. Speaking with BeondTV broadcaster Carlos Amezcua, President Trump’s second wife said, “I love the big city — that’s why I’m here. But I like it in balance with nature, so I’m getting to learn a whole near-other level …
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From waist trainers to face-savers. On Saturday, Kim Kardashian‘s SKIMS launched its first collection of seamless face masks “inspired by the brand’s signature Solutionwear.” Priced at $8 a pop (or four for $25) and available in five tonal shades that match the label’s bodysuits, briefs, bike shorts and bras, the non-medical masks sold out in …
American biotech firm Moderna announced Monday that its phase-one human trial for a coronavirus vaccine produced COVID-19 antibodies in every one of its participants. Two vaccine doses of 25 micrograms showed that, by day 43 of the trial, humans developed antibody levels consistent with those who have recovered from coronavirus, the company said. Participants who …
