Category: Editors’ Pick

Two Actions Needed As Covid-19 Cases Soar

Two big approaches are needed to deal with the terrible surge in Covid-19 cases.

How Safe Is Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine? Here’s What You Should Know About Reports Of Allergic Reactions In Britain

Two people reported severe allergic reactions to Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine when it was rolled out in the U.K.

EXCLUSIVE: Billionaire Eric Lefkofsky’s Tempus Raises $200 Million To Bring Personalized Medicine To New Diseases

The Groupon cofounder’s precision medicine company, which uses AI-based diagnostics, has broadened its focus to infectious disease and cardiology in addition to cancer.

Bill And Melinda Gates’ Foundation Injects Another $250 Million Into The Battle Against Covid-19

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation just announced an additional $250 million commitment to strengthen efforts in the global fight to end the coronavirus pandemic. This brings the foundation’s total funding to the Covid-19 response to $1.75 billion.

Melinda Gates’ Prescription For Supporting Strong Women

It starts with recognizing the work of caregiving and ends in the boardroom, the billionaire philanthropist tells the 2020 Forbes Power Women Summit.

Here Are All The World Leaders Who Say They’ll Get Vaccinated For Covid-19 Publicly To Boost Confidence

Many people are hesitant to take the new vaccines, which have been developed at record-breaking speed and, in some cases, with a previously unused technology.

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Is Latest World Leader To Step Up For Covid-19 Vaccine

He pledged to be the first to receive Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine once it is approved.

U.K. Regulator Warns People With ‘Significant’ Allergies To Avoid Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine

The U.K. began widespread vaccination Tuesday after becoming the first western country to authorize the vaccine.

United Arab Emirates Claims China’s Sinopharm Vaccine Is 100% Effective At Preventing Moderate And Severe Covid-19

Health officials cite an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials but provided no data from the study.

Questions Over Effectiveness Remain As AstraZeneca And Oxford Release Covid-19 Vaccine Trial Data

The vaccine is cheaper and much easier to transport than Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines, which are 95% effective.