Pfizer’s lead coronavirus drug is showing promise, chief scientific officer says
Pfizer has identified a lead drug to treat the coronavirus, the company’s chief scientific officer, Dr. Mikael Dolsten, said Thursday. The possible antiviral, “if successful, would be given early in the disease process, when patients are admitted to the hospital,” Dolsten told CNBC’s Meg Tirrell.
U.S. planning ways to ‘ease’ back to normal if virus efforts work: Fauci
U.S. health officials are planning ways for the country to return to normal activities if distancing and other steps to mitigate COVID-19 this month prove successful in curbing the outbreak, the top U.S. infectious disease official said on Wednesday.
A potential coronavirus vaccine funded by Bill Gates is set to begin testing in people, with the first patient expected to get it today
A small Pennsylvania biotech company is planning to start injecting healthy volunteers with a potential coronavirus vaccine this week, after having received regulatory clearance to start clinical testing.
America’s most influential coronavirus model just revised its estimates downward. But not every model agrees.
A leading forecasting model used by the White House to chart the coronavirus pandemic predicted Monday that the United States may need fewer hospital beds, ventilators and other equipment than previously projected and that some states may reach their peak of covid-19 deaths sooner than expected.
Outbreak shows signs of leveling off in New York, New Jersey, but vigilance urged
The governors of New York, New Jersey and Louisiana pointed to tentative signs on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak may be starting to plateau in their states but warned against complacency as the death toll nationwide approached 11,000.
Worried that $2 trillion law wasn’t enough, Trump and congressional leaders converge on need for new coronavirus economic package
Congressional leaders and the White House are converging on the need for a new assistance package to try to contain the coronavirus pandemic’s economic devastation, fearful that a $2 trillion bailout law enacted last month will have only a limited effect.
New coronavirus cases in Italy fall to 25-day low, deaths rise by 604
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 604 on Tuesday, a lower daily tally than the 636 seen the day before, while the number of new cases posted the smallest increase since March 13.
Exxon’s $10 Billion Spending Cut Won’t Stop Shale Oil’s Growth
Exxon Mobil Corp. is slashing $10 billion in spending — more than any other supermajor oil explorer has cut to weather an unprecedented market collapse — and yet its production in North America’s biggest shale region is still forecast to rise.
Coronavirus spread may be leveling off in New York, New Jersey; vigilance urged
The governors of New York and New Jersey pointed to tentative signs on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak was starting to plateau but warned against complacency as the nationwide death toll topped 10,000 and the number of known U.S. infections surpassed 350,000.
The social distancing of America
Large sections of public life came to a standstill over the month of March as the novel coronavirus – which causes the potentially lethal respiratory illness COVID-19 – spread across the United States. State and local governments shut down schools, ordered restaurants and other businesses to close and issued stay-at-home orders for millions. But the […]