Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Novavax Inc said on Wednesday it would acquire a manufacturing plant in the Czech Republic for $167 million as the drug developer looks to boost capacity to produce its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Novavax, one of the handful of companies aiming to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, said on Monday that it enrolled its first participant…

Regulators at the Food and Drug Administration told STAT the agency’s decision this month to halt a high-profile, Bill Gates-backed effort to study the spread of coronavirus in the Seattle area came after the researchers involved failed to secure two kinds of needed approval. The program, called the Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network, or SCAN, was…

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania health officials have also turned their attention to another disease related to COVID-19.State Health Secretary Rachel Levine says some children are developing a serious condition called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, or MIS-C, as a complication from COVID-19. It's similar to Kawasaki disease, officials said.So far, there have been nine confirmed cases in the…

Washington (CNN)Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday called for a cautious approach to reopening the US and implored Americans to wear face masks in public, comments that are at odds with President Donald …

The tropical disturbance that brought holiday weekend flooding to Florida is now Bertha -- the second named tropical system of the year.