Monthly Archives: April, 2020

The headquarters of biopharmaceutical company BioNTech in Mainz, Germany [File: Ralph Orlowski/Reuters] German pharmaceutical company BioNTech has begun testing a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus on volunteers. BioNTech, which is working with the US-based Pfizer, said on Wednesday that 12 participants of a clinical trial in Germany received doses of the vaccine candidate BNT162…

Dog tests positive for COVID-19 The pet dog of a family taking part in a study at Duke University is apparently the first in the U.S. to test positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. Dr. Chris Woods, the lead investigator of the Molecular and Epidemiological Study of Suspected Infection (MESSI), confirmed in a statement…

The US economy contracted for the first time in nearly six years between January and March, as the coronavirus crisis put the world in a choke hold.

Gilead Sciences said Wednesday preliminary results of a coronavirus drug trial showed at least 50% of patients treated with a 5-day dosage of antiviral drug remdesivir improved and more than half were discharged from the hospital within two weeks.The company also said another trial by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases met its…

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a news conference on the coronavirus pandemic and how the city is providing relief to COVID-19...