New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that schools across the state are "authorized to open" for the 2020 school year amid the coronavirus pandemic."Every region is well below our COVID infection limit, therefore all school districts are authorized to open," Cuomo tweeted Friday. "If the infection rate spikes, the guidance will change accordingly. School districts…
A Senate committee on Wednesday voted to authorize a subpoena as it probes the business ties of Hunter Biden, the son of likely Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden. The 8-6 party-line vote in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee gives Chairman Ron Johnson the authority to subpoena Blue Star Strategies, a PR…
The FDA has issued emergency authorizations for a range of Covid-19 tests as well as hydroxychloroquine | Jacquelyn Martin, File/AP Photo The Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an emergency-use authorization for remdesivir in a bid to help patients get quicker access to the first antiviral to show promise against Covid-19 infection. The authorization…
A temporary authorization for emergency use during the pandemic follows two successful clinical trials. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) to use its investigational antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID-19. President Trump made the announcement in the Oval Office along with Gilead Chief Executive Officer…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…