Trump-Touted Drugs Tied to Deaths; Vaccine Trials: Virus Update

(Bloomberg) — The antimalaria drugs that U.S. President Donald Trump has touted to fight Covid-19 are linked to an increase of death and heart ailments.Oxford University and AstraZeneca started recruiting subjects for advanced human studies of one of the fastest-moving experimental vaccines. Anthony Fauci, who is leading the U.S. infectious disease control effort, said he was “cautiously optimistic” about Moderna’s vaccine, boosting the stock.Brazil had another record day of deaths and its government agreed to the terms of a financial aid package. Beijing abandoned a growth target for 2020 amid the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus, while central banks in …read more

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