Monthly Archives: May, 2020

May 26, 2020 | 7:29am | Updated May 26, 2020 | 9:03am Countries could see an “immediate second peak” of coronavirus if they reopen too quickly, warned a top World Health Organization official who said the world is still battling the first wave of the disease. “Right now, we’re not in the second wave,” said…

Eliza Paris was 25 years old when she was diagnosed with stage four appendix cancer, requiring 12 rounds of chemotherapy and an 18-hour surgery to remove her ovaries, gallbladder, spleen, appendix and part of her colon.She relearned how to walk in the halls of New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. When she finished treatment…

By Caroline Humer and Julie SteenhuysenNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. pharmacy chains are preparing a big push for flu vaccinations when the season kicks off in October, hoping to curb tens of thousands of serious cases that could coincide with a second wave of coronavirus infections.CVS Health Corp, one of the largest U.S. pharmacies, said…

Peter Piot, 71, one of the giants of Ebola and AIDS research, is still battling a coronavirus infection that hit him “like a bus” in March.Dr. Peter Piot, the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, with his wife, Dr. Heidi Larson, an anthropologist and director of the school’s Vaccine Confidence Project,…

Novavax Inc said on Monday it has started the Phase 1 clinical trial of a novel coronavirus vaccine candidate and has enrolled the trial’s first participants, with preliminary results slated for July. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribeReuters brings you the latest business, finance and breaking news video from around the globe. Our reputation for accuracy and impartiality is…