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White House Approves FDA’s More Stringent Guidelines For Approving A Covid-19 Vaccine

The new guidelines mark another instance of health departments and the White House butting heads during the pandemic, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention being the center to much of the chaos.

World May Not Return To Pre-Pandemic ‘Normal’ Until At Least 2022, Warns WHO, Bill Gates

“We’re looking at 2022 at least before enough people start getting the vaccine to build immunity,” Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said.

Covid-19 Antibodies Last For At Least Four Months, Study Finds

Researchers found that the amount of antibodies “increased during two months after diagnosis” and “remained on a plateau for the reminder of the study.”

Report: Trump-Backed Plasma Treatment Has ‘Insufficient Data’ Behind It, NIH Advisers Claim

President Trump on August 23—the eve of the Republican National Convention and a day after accusing the FDA of holding up treatments for political reasons—announced an emergency authorization for the “powerful therapy,” which drew rebukes from health e…