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Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 04April 2021 The news posted last week for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some important articles are summarized here. The articles are more or less organized with general virus news and anecdotes first, then stories from around the US, followed by an increased number of items from other countries around the globe. Economic news related to COVID-19 is found here. Please share this article - Go to...

Researchers pushed back after the C.D.C. director asserted that vaccinated people “do not carry the virus.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention walked back controversial comments made by its director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky.

CDC Walks Back Comments From Director on People Fully Vaccinated Against Virus From China The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is walking back comments from its director about people who have been fully vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19. Rochelle Walensky, the director, said this week that new data from an agency study “suggests that vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don’t get sick.” But the CDC disputed the remarks....

Can vaccinated people spread the virus? we don’t know, scientists say

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MedCity News One year after founding, startup EQRx raises $500M to advance goal of cheaper cancer drugs The latest funding brings total investment in the company to $750 million. The money has gone, in part, toward licensing of promising drug candidates in breast, lung and other cancers. Shares1 A high-powered startup has raised $500 million toward its goal of making drugs for cancer and other chronic diseases more affordable and unveiled some of its most promising candidates. The company, Ca...

Order Reprints Print Article A pharmaceutical start-up that thinks it can undersell the entire drug industry got off to a quick start in its first year in business, grabbing rights to a handful of drugs, including two that could make it a player in the hottest cancer drug market sometime in the next few years. Now comes the hard part: Getting doctors to prescribe its cheap drugs, instead of brand-name competitors backed by big marketing budgets. On... Close A Start-Up That Wants to Un...

Biden says he’ll tell the U.S. to stop holding back doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. The debate about holding back doses, explained. Vox.com 1/8/2021 Kelsey Piper © Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images In Berlin, people line up to get vaccinated against Covid-19. In the past couple of weeks, experts and pundits have debated a big question surrounding the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna: Do we stick to two doses for every person, spaced a cou...