• Scientists Challenge Study That Showed Hydroxychloroquine Didn’t Work
  A scientific paper that trashed the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine is under scrutiny by more than 100 scientists.Among the questions asked in a letter to The Lancet were the source of the data, the anonymity of hospitals, the countries they are in, and the speed in which the…
• GSK to Produce 1B Doses of Adjuvant Vaccine Booster in ’21
  British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc will expand production of vaccine efficacy boosters, or adjuvants, to produce 1 billion doses in 2021 for use in shots for COVID-19, the company said Thursday.
• VA to Stop Almost All Use of Unproven Drugs on Vets
  The VA has stopped almost all use of an unproven malaria drugs on vets with COVID-19, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said Thursday.
• Trump Signs Order to Limit Social Media Legal Protections
  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to limit liability protections social media companies enjoy after Twitter Inc. began selective fact checks of his posts.
• US Joins G7 Artificial Intelligence Group to Counter China
  The U.S. has joined an international panel for setting ethical guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence. The Trump administration had earlier dismissed the idea.The White House’s chief technology officer, Michael Kratsios, told The Associated Press on Thursday it…
• Study: Asymptomatic Coronavirus Patients Could Be Contagious For Shorter Period
  A new study of COVID-19 patients in China revealed that 42% of patients who presented no symptoms were contagious for less time than those showing symptoms….
• AP Poll: Fewer Than Half Americans Plan to Get COVID Vaccine
  Fewer than half of Americans plan to get a vaccine to potentially protect them against the novel coronavirus if and when one becomes available, an AP poll showed Thursday….
• Federal Trial of Remdesivir Enters New Phase
  Gilead Sciences’ promising antiviral drug, remdesivir, is entering the second phase of a clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
• Trump Praises Innovation Before SpaceX Mission Scrubbed
  Praising the public-private co-op leading to innovation to revitalize the U.S. and NASA’s space program, President Donald Trump wished well the astronauts before weather scrubbed the mission Wednesday at Cape Canaveral.
• Chinese COVID-19 Tracking App Might Continue After Outbreak
  The worst of China’s coronavirus outbreak might be fading away, but monitoring apps that were being used to identify people who could be spreading the illness might remain a permanent fixture on citizens’ smartphones, according to The New York Times.
• Jimmy Lai to Trump: Stop Exporting Technology to China
  President Donald Trump should “stop sending technology products to China,” according to Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong entrepreneur and pro-democracy campaigner, on Fox Business.
• Ex-FDA Chief Gottlieb Calls US World Leader in Vaccine Race
  Despite China’s headstart on the global coronavirus pandemic that originated in Wuhan – and the mostly wide acceptance of the World Health Organization as the authority on it – the United States is the leader in the race to find a vaccine….
• Study Finds COVID-19 Patients Not Infectious After Day 11
  COVID-19 patients might not be contagious 11 days after becoming ill, according to a study cited by the Singapore National Center for Infectious Diseases and the Academy of Medicine.”Scientifically, I’m very confident…
• Wuhan Lab Denies It Was Studying COVID-19 Strain
  The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) admits to having three live strains of bat coronavirus, but it denies having the strain of SARS-CoV-2 – labeled COVID-19 – that has caused the global coronavirus pandemic, the New York Post reported….
• CDC Warns of Aggressive, Hungry Rats Amid Pandemic
  The pandemic shutdowns are not only leaving Americans angry if not hungry. Rats, too, are proving more aggressive in their scrounging for scraps with restaurants shuttered.”…
• China Has Vaccine Using Cold Virus With Some Results
  A Chinese vaccine for COVID-19 showed promising results in a Stage 1 clinical trial, producing immune calls called T calls within two weeks, The New York Times reported.”This is promising data, but it’s early data,” a Boston vaccine research director, Dr. Dan Barouch, not…
• NASA Gives Green Light for First Manned Launch Since 2011
  NASA has given the green light to send a manned SpaceX capsule to the International Space Station next week from Florida.
• Weakening Magnetic Field Causing Issues for Satellites, Space Craft
  Researchers have found that the Earth’s magnetic field is becoming weaker between Africa and South America, which is causing trouble for satellites and space craft according to the Independent.
• CDC Conflating Diagnostic, Antibody Tests for Coronavirus
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention admitted it is been combining the results of diagnostic coronavirus tests and coronavirus antibody tests – and that could be affecting the timing of reopening in some states, The Atlantic reported.
• US Set To Launch Satellites to Track Hypersonic Weapons of China, Russia
  The United States reportedly is set to launch 150 satellites that can track hypersonic weapons in orbit in 2024 – and keep a close watch on China and Russia.The Space Development Agency (SDA) is looking for a contractor to design and build eight satellites with infrared…
• Disaster-Heavy Year Risks a FEMA ‘Code Red’ for Hurricane Season
  Mounting disasters in the U.S. are spurring concern about the federal government’s ability to handle a storm season that’s projected to produce the most dangerous storm period since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Even before hurricane season officially begins June 1, the U.S….
• Scientists Question NASA Claim of Possible Parallel Universe
  Recent reports that a NASA project may have discovered evidence of a possible parallel universe have omitted a number of other possibilities, scientists tell CNET.
• Over Half of US Counties Lack Coronavirus Testing Site
  The health software company Castlight found in a new report released this week more than half of the counties in the United States lack a designated location for coronavirus testing.
• CDC Makes COVID-19 Change: Not Easily Spread on Surfaces
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted on its website recently COVID-19 “does not spread easily” from touching contaminated surfaces or objects, appearing to change its advice on how the novel coronavirus is transmitted, Fox News reported.

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