Britain was one of many countries that, like the United States, barred gay and bisexual men from donating blood in what campaigners brand a discriminatory hangover from the 1980s HIV/AIDS crisis.
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Russia Is Developing A Covid-19 Vaccine For Pets And Mink
Domestic animals, such as cats and rabbits, are known to catch the virus and mink, the bedrock of the fur industry, have been culled in their millions due to widespread outbreaks.
Trump Reverses Early Vaccination Plan For White House Officials
President Donald Trump announced late on Sunday evening that White House staffers would receive the vaccine “somewhat later in the program” following reports that they would be among the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.
Why A Tech Billionaire’s $50 Million Bet On A Covid Testing Firm Is Still Waiting For FDA Approval
Diagnostic firm Fluxergy’s pivot to Covid-testing was supposed to give it a huge boost – but even with backing from Kingston Technology’s John Tu, it’s stuck in limbo.
FDA Authorizes Pfizer And BioNTech’s Covid-19 Vaccine For Use In The United States
On Friday, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration granted Emergency Use Authorization to Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, the first vaccine that will be available for public use in the U. S.
AstraZeneca, Oxford To Create Combination Covid-19 Vaccine With Russia’s Sputnik V
Many officials worried about how fast Russia developed and approved the vaccine, launching it without completing the large-scale clinical trials needed to prove safety and efficacy.
Covid-19 Cases Explode Again in Nursing Homes, But Some States Are Far Worse Than Others
As the pandemic explodes throughout the US, so do covid-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes
The Supreme Court’s New Majority Threatens 115 Years Of Deference To Public Officials Handling Health Emergencies
For over a century, courts have granted states a wide berth to handle public health emergencies. But as public health expert Lawrence O. Gostin explains, a recent Supreme Court decision threatens to change that.
Australia Drops Promising Covid-19 Vaccine After Volunteers Falsely Tested Positive For HIV
A protein fragment used in the vaccine could induce an immune response great enough to signal a false positive in some HIV tests.
Sanofi-GSK Covid-19 Vaccine Delayed After Trials Show Poor Immune Response In Elderly
The vaccine will not be available until the last quarter of 2021.
