A federal grand jury in California has indicted a Chinese national for allegedly running an unauthorized lab that assisted in the illegal manufacture and sale of “hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 test kits” inthe U.S., bringing in millions of dollars, federal prosecutors say. Jia Bei Zhu, a 62-year-old who formerly …
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Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., lamented Tuesday that his state looks set for Republican dominance for decades to come, particularly after Democratic missteps amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Once a swing state, Florida has become a Republican stronghold, attracting an influx of new voters fleeing from other parts of the country. After …
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A common vaccine could help to fight cancer, a new study suggests. For cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy, researchers found that receiving the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine within about 100 days of starting immune checkpoint therapy was associated with substantially better survival. Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of …
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Life expectancy is back to pre-pandemic levels, according to global health research — but mortality rates for teens and young adults are of growing concern. The latest release of The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) includes new and updated estimates of all-cause mortality and life …
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