Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, and the U.S. coronavirus death toll has surpassed 130,000. But two U.S. pharmaceutical companies say they are closing in on drugs that could treat or even prevent COVID-19 within a few months. A $450 million federal contract awarded Regeneron Pharmaceuticals […]
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Gibson Diagnostic Labs in Irving, Texas, June 12, 2020, has charged remarkably high prices for testing of the coronavirus.(Dylan Hollingsworth/The New York Times) In a one-story brick building in suburban Dallas, between a dentist office and a family medicine clinic, is a medical laboratory that has run some of the […]
Baturay Tungur / EyeEmGetty Images Coronavirus put paid to pretty much every element of everyday life. From shopping, to offices, to, erm, financial stability, the disease turned it all upside down. You might not have noticed unless you were due one or had an appointment booked, but the pandemic also […]