Month: July 2020

(NEW YORK) — It wasn’t just the leadership opportunities or seeing his best friends or even escaping months stuck at home because of the coronavirus pandemic that had Rory Sederoff thinking 2020 would be one of his best summers ever. This would have been the Toronto teenager’s 15th year at Camp Walden, a sleepaway camp … Read more

(LONDON) — Health experts on Wednesday slammed the U.S. decision to hog nearly the entire global supply of remdesivir, the only drug licensed so far to treat COVID-19, warning that type of selfish behavior sets a dangerous precedent for attempts to share scarce treatments amid the pandemic. The U.S. government announced Tuesday that President Donald … Read more

On Oct. 24, 2019—45 days before the world’s first suspected case of COVID-19 was announced—a new “scorecard” was published called the Global Health Security Index. The scorecard ranked countries on how prepared they were to tackle a serious outbreak, based on a range of measures, including how quickly a country was likely to respond and … Read more

The pharmaceutical company spent more than $100 million on lavish meals, fishing junkets, golf outings, sporting events and speaker fees to influence doctors to prescribe its drugs, federal prosecutors said. View original article Contributor:

The state is the fifth to see a grass roots movement bypass GOP leaders opposed to the program. View original article Contributor: Amy Goldstein

Early results suggest the vaccine is safe, although it caused fevers in most patients given an intermediate dose. View original article Contributor: Carolyn Y. Johnson

In some cases, there aren’t enough supplies. In others, overwhelmed workers have to rotate. View original article Contributor: Rachel Weiner

Masks became a political cause for some in the early months of the pandemic. A growing set of Republican leaders are suddenly pushing Americans to wear them. View original article Contributor: