Moderna’s CEO said it decided to release its full trial plan to create public confidence that it is doing everything it can to ensure a vaccine is safe and effective.
Katherine Lee
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
U.S. outlines sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines, but it would take months
Although President Trump asserted Tuesday that a vaccine could be 3 to 4 weeks away, officials made it clear widespread availability would take months.
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Posted inNation & World
Democrats to investigate whistleblower claims that detainees were given forced hysterectomies
A nurse alleges that the Irwin County Detention Center performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
U.S. drops tax on Canada’s aluminum, heading off retaliation
Gov. Janet Mills had joined New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott to ask President Trump to eliminate the tariff.
Posted inNation & World
Smoke from wildfires in the West reaches East Coast and even Europe
Plumes from deadly and record-breaking fires are being caught in the atmospheric jet stream and carried across the United States.
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Lowe’s offers small businesses the ‘Shark Tank’ treatment
Lowe’s is putting an emphasis on businesses run by the disabled, people of color and people in the LGBT community.
Posted inNation & World
Trump presides as Israel, 2 Arab states sign historic diplomatic pacts
The Jewish state already had thawing relations with the nations in line with their common opposition to Iran and its aggression, but the agreements do not address the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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‘A ridiculous amount of rain’: Hurricane Sally threatens historic floods
The storm crawls toward the northern Gulf Coast at just 2 mph, gathering enough water to threaten 30 inches of rain.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Biden assembles legal team, anticipating court challenges in divisive 2020 election
Biden’s presidential campaign says the legal war room will work to ensure that elections are properly administered and votes are correctly counted.
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Astronomers see possible hints of life in Venus’s clouds
Two telescopes in Hawaii and Chile spotted the chemical signature of phosphine, a noxious gas that on Earth is only associated with life.