WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.A lower supply of a certain type of immune cell in older people that is critical to fighting foreign invaders may help…
A decrease in generic drugs would hurt low-income and unemployed Americans.June 27, 2020, 2:04 PM6 min read With coronavirus outbreaks continuing to spread across the world, the United States is "likely" to see a shortage of generic pharmaceutical drugs, according to a new federal intelligence report obtained by ABC News. The report, prepared by the…
As laboratories across the globe scramble to make a coronavirus vaccine, manufacturers face shortages of common ingredients and supplies. FiveThirtyEight's Senior Science Writer, Maggie Koerth, explores the unexpected shortages that could delay a vaccine for COVID-19.Read more from Maggie: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...Website: http://fivethirtyeight.com/Twitter: http://twitter.com/fivethirtyeight/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fivethirtyei... Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/f...Merch: http://fivethirtyeight.com/store
After weeks of searching high and low for ventilators, Governor Andrew Cuomo and health care leaders around the state are breathing a little easier—and sending some of the frantically acquired units to New Jersey, where they’re increasingly needed during the coronavirus pandemic.But now, many hospital workers on the front lines in the metro area have…
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…