With coronavirus outbreaks continuing to spread across the world, the United States is “likely” to see a shortage of generic pharmaceutical drugs, according to a new federal intelligence report obtained by ABC News.The report, prepared by the Department of Homeland Security and distributed Thursday to law enforcement and government agencies around the country, warned that …
(Bloomberg) — After months of empty roads, lockdowns were easing and people were getting behind the wheel again.Then the coronavirus struck again — in a fierce way. Californians, Floridians and Texans are back in hiding, and the recovery in driving that had restored highway travel nationwide back to 85% of last year’s levels is looking …
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The Federal Reserve capped dividends and banned share buybacks by big US banks as it released an analysis showing Covid-19 could trigger $700bn of loan losses and push some lenders close to their capital minimums. Announcing the results of a trio of exercises on the health of America’s top lenders, the Fed on Thursday said …
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The data published by John Hopkins University revealed that the number of daily COVID-19 cases in the United States reached a new record in the past 24 hours to land at 48,940. The infections in the country now count 2,467,510. The number of fatalities, on the other hand, decreased significantly compared to yesterday’s figures to …
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The study is the latest to suggest genetics may play a role in why some people are more vulnerable to the coronavirus than others. People with a genetic mutation that increases the risk of dementia also have a greater chance of having severe Covid-19, researchers have revealed. The study is the latest to suggest genetics …
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https://youtu.be/gquoccgnZY0 A specific mutation in the new coronavirus can significantly increase its ability to infect cells, according to a study by US researchers. The research may explain why early outbreaks in some parts of the world did not end up overwhelming health systems as much as other outbreaks in New York and Italy, according to …
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German shareholder association Schutzgemeinschaft der Kapitalanleger e. V. (SdK) filed on Friday criminal charges against auditors of Ernst & Young related to the Wirecard AG’s accounting scandal and the missing €1.9 billion. The SdK’s charges are based on the auditors’ failure to follow the basic procedures and check the Wirecard’s bank deposits in the period …
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https://youtu.be/pnIgskCajf0 European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde insisted on Friday the: coronavirus crisis represents the “sharpest and deepest” recession the world has seen apart from world wars. However, Lagarde estimated that the lowest economic point has passed, but that a sever second coronavirus wave could happen. Commenting on the process of recovery, Lagarde said the …
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President Donald Trump’s latest messages on the pandemic are almost indistinguishable from the one he was sending at the very beginning: Everything is under control. “We’ve made every decision correctly,” Trump said in a rambling Rose Garden address. With hardly a mention of the virus and its ongoing devastation, he claimed, “We may have some …
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