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CureVac, a German biotech company that also has a branch in Boston, is working on a vaccine to COVID-19 and hopes to have it ready “perhaps before autumn.” Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, mentioned the company during an update on the coronavirus pandemic and provided the “autumn” projection for a vaccine. She […]
As the weeks go by, it’s become clear that no one is safe from the global coronavirus pandemic. With over 182,000 cases worldwide, everyone from athletes to celebrities have discovered that they tested positive for COVID-19. While it can feel like those in Hollywood would never fall prey to this virus for whatever reason, recent revelations […]
Donald Trump has reportedly tested negative for the novel coronavirus. The White House announced the results in a memo Saturday night, about a week after Trump came into contact with two people who later tested positive for the virus. The president was potentially exposed during a dinner with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at Mar-a-Lago. Though Bolsonaro reportedly tested negative for coronavirus, […]
21 Savage revealed he hasn’t been feeling too hot this week. So, of course, many people’s minds immediately went to the coronavirus. “I been breaking down my symptoms I been feeling and shit. Everybody keep talking ’bout it sound like coronavirus,” he explained in a Saturday Instagram story. “So I say, ‘OK, say less.’ Where could I […]
A New Jersey woman is facing criminal charges after she allegedly sold homemade sanitizer that left several children with burns. On Tuesday, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of Manisha Bharade, an owner of a 7-Eleven in River Vale. Authorities say the woman had created a pink substance by mixing water and commercially available foaming sanitizer that wasn’t […]
Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune will be filmed without a live studio audience due to the coronavirus, TMZ reports. One of the reasons for the decision was reportedly over concern for Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. The longtime host of the game show was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer last year and as a result has a compromised immune system that […]
A new study claims that COVID-19, popularly known as coronavirus, can be transmitted from a further distance than previously thought, and last longer on certain surfaces than originally suspected. In a paper for the Practical Preventive Medicine journal obtained by the South China Morning Post, epidemiologists for China’s government concluded that someone can still become infected with coronavirus, even if they stick to […]
When it comes to the coronavirus, Doja Cat finds herself on the same wavelength as Elon Musk, which is to say she doesn’t give a fuck about it. A sentence like that probably needs a lot of context, but this will have to do for now: The coronavirus panic is dumb — Elon […]
In an effort to combat the spread of coronavirus, the Italian government is banning spectators from all sporting events. SportsCenter reports officials announced the move on Wednesday, as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in Italy. Citing the Civil Protection Agency, CNN says the nation has confirmed 3,089 cases of coronavirus as of Wednesday—107 of which were […]
On Tuesday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the country’s first case of the Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The virus, which is said to have originated in Wuhan, China and is related to the same family as Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and the common cold, has infected over 400 people, CNN […]
