Fri 26 August 2022: Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech are being sued by Moderna for alleged patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States. The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified monetary damages, claims they copied technology developed by Moderna years before the pandemic. Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel […]
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Mon 22 August 2022: Joe Biden thanks Fauci, the US president’s chief medical adviser, for his decades of ‘dedicated’ public service. Dr Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the United States who emerged as the public face of the country’s COVID-19 pandemic response, has announced that he will step down in December. Fauci […]
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Fri 19 August 2022: The coronavirus pandemic resulted in over 8,000 excess suicide deaths in Japan between March 2020 and June 2022, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Wednesday, citing a recent study. A group of researchers compared the expected number of suicides based on past trends with the actual number of suicide deaths over […]
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Mon 15 August 2022: The top executive of Pfizer, a major COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer, has tested positive for the virus but reports only very minor symptoms. Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, announced on Monday that he has begun taking the Paxlovid medication and is isolating himself until he recovers. Bourla has had four […]
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Sun 07 August 2022: After testing positive for COVID-19 for over a week, U.S. President Joe Biden tested negative for the virus for the second day in a row on Sunday and will come out of isolation, according to the White House doctor. Following his negative test, Biden will return to public engagement and travel, Dr. […]
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Sat 06 August 2022: One of the primary signs that has served as a coronavirus (COVID-19) indicator since the beginning is the loss of smell. In late 2019, when the deadly virus was first discovered, no one was aware of its symptoms. The early signs of Covid at the time were probably loss of taste […]
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Sat 06 August 2022: Dr. Anthony Fauci was threatened with death because of his position as the president of the United States’ chief medical advisor during the Covid-19 outbreak. The West Virginia man who made the threat has received a sentence of more than three years in prison. For sending encrypted emails to the head […]
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Thu 04 August 2022: U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive again for COVID-19 on Thursday but he was feeling “very well,” his physician Kevin O’Connor said in a memo released by the White House. Biden was still experiencing a “very occasional” cough, but the cough was improving, O’Connor said in the memo. Biden will continue […]
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Wed 03 August 2022: On Wednesday, Japan reported 249,830 new COVID-19 cases, setting a record high amid concerns about the overcrowded healthcare system as a result of the rapidly increasing number. The previous record was set on Thursday last week during Japan’s seventh wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, when 233,000 cases were reported. This was […]
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Sun 31 July 2022: A team of researchers at a US university has discovered a potential universal monoclonal antibody treatment that could work for the coronavirus and all of its variants. The finding published July 21 comes as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 6.3 million people. […]
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