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On Thursday, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s chair of emergency medicine Dr. Donald Yealy claimed the fatality rate of the novel coronavirus is far lower than initially suspected, closer to .25%, based off Allegheny County data and extrapolations from New York and California randomized antibody testing.Initial modeling that crafted policy across the globe, including in…

CLOSE President Trump said coronavirus won't be coming back in the fall, but Dr. Fauci believes otherwise, contradicting the president's statements. USA TODAYSweden, unlike its Nordic neighbors Denmark and Norway – and virtually every other country in the western world – has resisted extensive lockdown restrictions to stem the coronavirus outbreak. Instead, it's largely kept society, including schools…

Rick Bright, deputy assistant secretary for preparedness and response for Health and Human Services (HHS), listens during a House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., March 8, 2018.Toya Sarno Jordan | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesA federal vaccine scientist who was ousted from leading an agency dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak will soon file…

A vial of prescription hydroxychloroquine. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo The doctor in charge of the federal agency helping to develop a coronavirus vaccine said he was forced out of his job this week because his opposition to use of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine that President Donald Trump has casually pushed as a possible treatment for the…

David Jackson, USA TODAY Published 6:18 p.m. ET April 22, 2020 | Updated 7:17 p.m. ET April 22, 2020CLOSE President Donald Trump jumped in when a reporter asked Dr. Anthony Fauci about the controversial use of hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus. WochitWASHINGTON – A Health and Human Services official helping to develop a coronavirus vaccine said Wednesday he…