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Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS * Victoria recorded 41 new cases, its lowest daily tally since June 26. * Another nine deaths took the state toll to 675 and the national figure to 762. * Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews staunchly defended the state’s COVID-19 roadmap, rejecting criticism that the government did not listen to business concerns. * Small… Read More »

AstraZeneca begins final trials of Oxford University coronavirus vaccine enrolling 50,000 people

AstraZeneca begins final trials of Oxford University coronavirus vaccine enrolling 50,000 people worldwide and 30,000 in the US as company signs £15million manufacturing deal Thousands volunteers already being injected with jab in UK, Brazil, South Africa Preliminary data from phase 3 trials expected ‘soon’, said lead jab researcher  Developers say they hope to deliver the… Read More »

Coronavirus vaccine before election unlikely — Dr. Gottlieb on FDA chief’s possible fast-track

Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday the late-stage coronavirus vaccine trials underway in the U.S. are unlikely to have gathered enough evidence to receive emergency approval ahead of the November presidential election.  “I think it’s very unlikely. I think it’s more likely you’re going to get a top-line result some point in November and maybe be… Read More »

Health Insurance Affordability in the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has revealed many flaws in the U.S. healthcare system, first and foremost the nation’s patchwork public health infrastructure and health inequities in mortality rates due to COVID-19. The Commonwealth Fund‘s biennial report, published as the pandemic continues into and beyond the third quarter of 2020, sheds light on another weakness in U.S.… Read More »