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Academic: China is closely tracking virus mutation

An academic from China's top science institution said Friday at a press conference that China is closely tracking the mutation of the virus and actively deploying related scientific research proje

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U.S. Congress approves $8.3 billion in emergency funding for coronavirus response

Congress on Wednesday approved $8.3 billion in emergency funding to respond to the spreading novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which has already sickened eighty people across thirteen states and killed nin

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Xi inspects COVID-19 scientific research, diagnosis and treatment

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday inspected the scientific research on novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as well as the diagnosis and treatment of the disease

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Governance capacity, system strength highlighted by int'l observers in Xi's speech on COVID-19

Observers around the world said Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech on Sunday has demonstrated the country's governance capacity and social system strength in its fight against the COVID-19. In his

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Scientists work together to find vaccine to COVID-19

01:16 Karla Satchell, a professor of Microbiology-Immunology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, is a part of the task force doing research for a vaccine that wil

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White House sends coronavirus budget request to Congress

The White House has sent to Congress its 2.5-billion-USD supplemental budget request for additional money to fight the coronavirus. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The White House sent to U.S. Cong

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Scientists in North America race to find COVID-19 vaccine

02:57 Scientists around the world are racing to find a vaccine for COVID-19. That includes the Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, a consortium of nine labs in eight

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How traditional Chinese medicine is playing a role fighting COVID-19

01:12 The global fight against COVID-19 is on. The search for a vaccine is underway while Western drugs are being used to treat patients with the virus. But traditional Chinese medicin

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Coronavirus-hit Hubei greenlights 23 virus-related research projects

Central China's Hubei Province, the center of COVID-19 outbreak, launched 23 projects on the research of the novel coronavirus, the provincial science and technology d

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Fastest coronavirus vaccine to submit for clinical trials late April

The coronavirus vaccine is expected to be submitted for clinical trials as early as late April, Xu Nanping, China's vice minister of science and technology, said at a p

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WHO suggests balance of investment in public health interventions and vaccines to fight COVID-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) suggested on Thursday to strike a balance of investment in simple public health interventions and in vaccine development, to fight COVID-19. "It's a matter of str

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WHO team in China to find answers to unknowns about COVID-19

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday that a WHO team of experts is currently in China to find answers to some unknowns of COVID-19. "The WHO-led

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Guangdong to invest 500 mln yuan in research to combat epidemic

China's Guangdong Province will invest at least 500 million yuan (about 71.4 million U.S. dollars) in research projects to support the fight against the novel coronavi

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China ramps up efforts to develop vaccine for coronavirus

China's state-owned pharmaceutical enterprise Sinopharm Group is not only working on developing a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, but has also stepped up efforts to produce chloroquine phosphat

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WHO chief says first vaccine for novel coronavirus could be available in 18 months

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that the first vaccines for the novel coronavirus could be ready in 18 months. In the meantime, he tweeted

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A look inside Imperial College's coronavirus vaccine research labs

02:11 As the novel coronavirus, or Covid-19 as it has now been named, rages on, scientists around the world are racing against time to find a vaccine. In the UK, one leading research t

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Development of vaccine against new coronavirus progressing well: U.S. health official

A U.S. health official said Friday that the development of vaccine against the coronavirus is going well, with "no glitches." Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Inf