President Donald Trump on Sunday announced emergency authorisation to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma a move he called ‘a breakthrough,’ one of his top health officials called ‘promising’ and other health experts said needs more study before it’s celebrated. The announcement came after White House officials complained there were politically motivated delays by the … Read more
WASHINGTON: White House negotiators on Tuesday vowed to work “around the clock” with congressional Democrats to try to reach a deal on coronavirus relief by the end of this week, as the pandemic takes a heavy toll on American life. Following an afternoon meeting of the four main negotiators, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin raised the … Read more
WASHINGTON: The top Democrats in Congress are not close to a deal with the White House to pump more money into the U.S. economy to ease the coronavirus‘ heavy toll, both sides said on Saturday, after an essential lifeline for millions of unemployed Americans expired. “This was the longest meeting we had and it was … Read more
He said a couple of vaccine candidates are expected to go into phase 3 efficacy clinical trials at the end of July. “I believe we are on a good track to get there in a reasonably good time,” Fauci said. Synopsis“We did not shut down entirely and that’s the reason why we went up. It … Read more