Tag Archives: Biotechnology

A customer wearing a protective mask shops at a Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) clothing store at Westfield San Francisco Centre in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Desperate to keep their workers safe and their lights on, retailers reached out …

The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it is reviewing new evidence on whether the coronavirus can spread through particles in the air. The WHO has long said the virus is generally transmitted through large respiratory droplets, often when someone sneezes or coughs. The United Nations health agency warned in …

Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line have hired a panel of top health advisers to help overcome the “rough patch” caused when coronavirus outbreaks on ships brought the industry to a standstill, Norwegian CEO Frank Del Rio said Tuesday. The two cruise companies — and fierce rivals — created a joint …

Workers in protective gear carry the coffin during the funeral of a deceased COVID-19 patient in Novoye Kolpinskoye Cemetery, during the pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Alexander Demianchuk | TASS | Getty Images It shouldn’t “be a surprise” if the global death toll from the coronavirus begins to …

Regeneron signs $450 million contract with U.S. government for its coronavirus therapy Brazil’s Bolsonaro tested for Covid-19 after feeling unwell The President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro appears on the ramp of the Planalto Palace to wave to his supporters amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at the Planalto Palace on May …

Junior’s Cheesecake owner warns of constant openings and closings of restaurants  Many restaurants may struggle to survive if government mandates during the coronavirus pandemic result in their constant opening and closure, Junior’s Cheesecake owner Alan Rosen warned Monday on CNBC.  “This opening and closing could be the death knell of …

The average age of new coronavirus patients has dropped by roughly 15 years compared with only a few months ago as the coronavirus reignites in America’s Sun Belt, White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday. Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during a …

File Photo: Patients, some HIV-positive, and their relatives protest for the lack of medicines and medical supplies in hospitals, in front of the Health Ministry in Caracas on April 18, 2018. Luis Robayo | AFP | Getty Images More than 70 countries warned they are at risk of running out …

As coronavirus outbreaks continue to grow across a number of states, the U.S. response is still hampered by a lack of testing and an inability to direct resources to so-called hot spots, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday. Nationally, the U.S. has ramped …

It is not a “safe bet” to rely on immunity to Covid-19 as a strategy for coping with the pandemic, one expert has warned, adding that herd immunity strategies were “probably never going to work.” Speaking Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe,” Danny Altmann, professor of immunology at Imperial College …