California biopharmaceutical firm claims coronavirus antibody breakthrough A California-based biopharmaceutical company claims to have discovered an antibody that could shield the human body from the coronavirus and flush it out of a person’s system within four days, Fox News has exclusively learned.
On Friday, Sorrento Therapeutics is expected to announce their discovery of the STI-1499 antibody, which the San Diego company said can provide "100% inhibition" of COVID-19, adding that a treatment could be available months before a vaccine hits the market.
Federal health officials are alerting doctors to a potential accuracy problem with a rapid test for COVID-19 used at thousands of hospitals, clinics and testing sites across the U.S., including the White House, The Associated Press reports. The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday it is investigating preliminary data suggesting Abbott Laboratories' 15-minute test can miss COVID-19 cases, falsely clearing patients of infection. The test is used daily at the White House to test President Donald Trump and key members of his staff, including the coronavirus task force.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday pushed to rally support for Democrats' latest $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill, even as the White House has threatened to veto the legislation and Republican lawmakers have blasted it as a "parade of absurdities."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released guidelines instructing service-based facilities like restaurants and bars, among other establishments on how to safely open their doors.
Meanwhile, New York is cautiously showing signs of emerging from the coronavirus shutdown. The Empire State’s most densely populated regions remained shut down with no clear reopening date in sight Friday, while areas less impacted by the coronavirus can now start up their economies.
U.S. retail sales endured the biggest drop in history in April, plunging 16.4 percent, according to a new government report, as the coronavirus pandemic shuttered businesses around the country and forced residents to stay at home. It was the second straight month of declines for the industry.
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And there were several other developments: A new study suggests that cases of COVID-19 could be cut if 80 percent of people wore face masks. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday fumbled his figures concerning lost jobs and lost lives tied to the coronavirus pandemic -- stating at one point that only 85,000 Americans were out of work. While much of the farming industry has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, one group claims that its method has actually seen sales soaring. Farmers dubbed the “Carbon Cowboys” say business has been booming during coronavirus crisis. Farmers will have to euthanize as many as 10 million pigs by the middle of September to avoid overcrowding in their facilities, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has warned. Microsoft is warning about new phishing scams that use COVID-19 as a lure to steal personal information. The phishing campaigns attempt to deliver malware called Lokibot, “one of the first malware families to use COVID-19 lures,” Microsoft Security Intelligence said in a tweet this week. |
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