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Technicians carry out a diagnostic test for coronavirus, March 19, 2020. (Flash90)
March 31, 2020, 7:13 pm
Israel’s biological institute reports ‘significant progress’ on virus vaccine
Head of secretive defense facility tells Netanyahu the institute will soon start testing on animals, but working vaccine still long way off
By TOI staff
Dr. Martin Zand (left) works with Jiong Wang, B.Med, M.S., research assistant professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center. (Courtesy University of Rochester Medical Center)
March 31, 2020, 6:52 am
US expert: Israeli response to coronavirus crisis is ‘right on target’
Compared with the decentralized health system in the US, the Jewish state’s reaction to COVID-19 has been relatively swift and well-organized, says data scientist Dr. Martin Zand
By Rich Tenorio
Rear Adm. Anne Schuchat, director for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 30, 2020, 6:12 am
Invoking Jewish experience, deputy CDC head says fear the virus, not the foreign
Dr. Anne Schuchat says Jews know what it’s like to be stigmatized, as she pushes for tight-knit yet socially distant response to COVID-19, predicting that battle may take years
By Rich Tenorio
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a briefing on coronavirus in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, March 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
March 29, 2020, 6:52 pm
US coronavirus deaths likely to be ‘between 100,000 and 200,000,’ Fauci says
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases also says millions of Americans will be infected by the virus
By Zeke Miller
US President Donald Trump leaves after speaking at a press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House, Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
March 20, 2020, 5:26 am
Fact check: Trump falsely claims FDA approval for coronavirus drug
Chloroquine already being prescribed as possible treatment for COVID-19, but official okay for use of anti-malarial drug still requires testing, FDA head says
By MATTHEW PERRONE
Ofer Levy heads the Precision Vaccines Program (PVP) at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he is working on a coronavirus vaccine. (Courtesy Ofer Levy)
March 18, 2020, 4:03 am
Racing for a coronavirus vaccine, Boston scientist hopes someone beats him to it
Israeli-American Dr. Ofer Levy heads PVP, which is among 40 research groups aiming to trample COVID-19. As lives hang in the balance, his work focuses on the elderly
By Rich Tenorio
Dr. Lisa Jackson, a senior investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, poses for a photo, Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
March 16, 2020, 7:50 pm
Coronavirus vaccine test opens as US volunteer gets 1st shot
Operations manager at a small tech company receives injection in Seattle as world breathlessly races for cure, which will likely take at least a year
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and Carla K. Johnson
Illustrative: A researcher moves a vial in a lab, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Meriden, Conn. amidst researching a vaccine for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
March 16, 2020, 2:41 am
US government official: Coronavirus vaccine trial starts Monday
Tests on 45 young, healthy volunteers to begin in Washington state, but officials caution it will take a year to 18 months to fully validate any potential vaccine
By Zeke Miller
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