The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)’s annual meeting brings together some of the brightest minds across the industry to showcase advancements in developing therapeutics that will benefit people battling a myriad of diseases. The 2020 event, which kicks off June 8, will have a different look as an entirely digital conference.
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, in collaboration with the NIAID, will evaluate 30,000 patients in Phase III development.
The United States plans a massive testing effort involving more than 100,000 volunteers and a half dozen or so of the most promising vaccine candidates in an effort to deliver a safe and effective one by the end of 2020, scientists leading the program told Reuters.
A look at which parts of the body the novel coronavirus infects and how SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted from person to person.
Dr. Anthony Fauci – who has been considered one of the most trusted leaders tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States – once again stressed that, as far as the evidence suggests, the novel coronavirus is naturally occurring and was not made in a laboratory.
The coronavirus outbreak could reach its peak in the United States this week, a top U.S. health official said as more signs of stabilization emerged, but political leaders said a reopening of the economy may hinge on more widespread testing.
As American Christians began an Easter weekend under the threat of the coronavirus, political leaders cautioned the faithful not to gather in churches and the country’s top infectious disease expert urged people to stick with social distancing restrictions.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence promised that Americans would have access in the days ahead to more than 2,000 laboratories capable of processing coronavirus tests, and a leading expert said the country would launch a new phase of testing for the fast-spreading disease.
