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November 2020 YahooNews; More U.S. patients will soon have free, electronic access to the notes their doctors write about them under a new federal requirement for transparency. Many health systems are opening up records Monday, the original deadline. At the last minute, federal health officials week gave an extension until …

November 2020 YahooNews; Sanofi is offering to buy Dutch biotechnology company Kiadis for 308 million euros ($358.4 million) to boost its range of immunotherapy products. The French drugmaker will offer 5.45 euros in cash, the companies said in a joint statement on Monday, a premium of 272% to Kiadis’ closing …

October 2020 NPR; Health care was going to be the defining issue of the 2020 election before a pandemic and economic upheaval eclipsed pretty much everything else. But of course, the pandemic has highlighted many health policy issues. With a highly contagious virus spreading around the world, “you might be …

October 2020 npr; As Election Day nears, the pandemic looms large. Amid a surge in new cases, the coronavirus has changed the way we live, work and — perhaps — how some Americans will vote. As President Trump makes the case that his leadership has saved lives in the pandemic …

October 2020 BBC; Two of Europe’s biggest economies are reinstating some form of national lockdown, as the continent confronts a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths. From Friday, people in France will only be allowed to leave home for essential work or medical reasons. President Emmanuel Macron said the country …

October 2020 BBC; New measures to combat a surge in coronavirus cases have come into force in Italy with gyms, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres closed. Restaurants, bars and cafes must stop table service at 18:00 and offer only take-away until midnight. Contact sports are prohibited. However, shops and most …

October 2020 Yahoo; The state-owned Chinese drugmaker SinoPharm is adding enough manufacturing capacity to make one billion doses of its coronavirus vaccine next year. Production lines are being set up in China’s capital of Beijing, and in the city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus first emerged, said company chairman Liu …

October 2020 Yahoo; Trials of the Oxford University and AstraZeneca Covid vaccine were to resume in the United States as early as this week after it was suspended when a participant became ill. AstraZeneca’s large, late-stage US trial has been on hold since September 6, after a participant in the company’s UK trial fell …

Brazil’s health minister Eduardo Pazuello — the third person to hold the job this year during the coronavirus pandemic — is in hot water with President Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro took to social media to disavow his minister on Wednesday after a flurry of negative comments from his supporters opposing the …

October 2020 YahooNews; Vaccines for the coronavirus may not be recommended to children when they first become available, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency said on Wednesday that drugmakers have tested potential Covid-19 vaccines – of which there are several in trial phases  – on non-pregnant adults. Trials are expected …