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Moderna Inc. stock skyrocketed in the extended session Tuesday after the biotech company said its coronavirus vaccine candidate produced a “robust” immune-system response in a larger group of people and the study will move to a decisive clinical trial in July. Results published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that a two-dose vaccination schedule induced the desired immune response in all 45 people evaluated, a larger group than in the preliminary data Moderna MRNA, +4.54% released in May, and was generally safe and well-tolerated, the company said. Shares of Moderna ended the regular trading day up 4.5%. The company is a front-runner among several developing experimental COVID-19 vaccines. The results “reaffir...

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The disease has been around for centuries and is responsible for the deadliest pandemic in human history. An estimated 50 million people in Europe died during the Black Death pandemic of the Middle Ages. JCPH warns the public that it can infect both humans and animals if proper precautions are not taken. The disease can be transmitted from flea bites and infected animals. While modern antibiotics can prevent complications and death if treated quickly enough, it's still a major threat to both humans and animals. The disease can cause painful, swollen lymph nodes. Fever, chills and coughing are also symptoms humans can experience. On July 7, Chinese authorities confirmed a case of the bubonic plague in inner Mongolia. Local authorities in the town of Bayannur issued a citywide warning f...

Health officials in Dallas County on Tuesday reported 20 more COVID-19-related deaths, matching the most fatalities the county has recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic and bringing the countywide toll to 477. Dallas County Health and Human Services also reported 20 coronavirus-related deaths on June 30. Of the deaths, 16 were reported in Dallas, two in Duncanville and one each in Cedar Hill and Grand Prairie. DCHSS reported 1,000 new cases of the coronavirus, raising the countywide total to 35,914. Tuesday marked the 12th straight day Dallas County has seen at least 1,000 cases. The 7-day average for new cases is now 1,112 cases per day, up from an average of 306 per day on June 14. Tuesday was the first day the 7-day average decreased by mo...

The first confirmed case of a mother transmitting the coronavirus to her unborn baby has been reported in France, according to a case study published Tuesday. French doctors said in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications that a 23-year-old woman was admitted to the Antoine Béclère hospital in Paris with a fever and a cough when she more than 35 weeks pregnant. She tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, and gave birth to her baby by cesarean section. Presence of the virus also was found in the boy. Doctors found evidence of inflammation in the newborn’s brain caused by the coronavirus. They believe the virus had infected baby’s bloodstream by way of the placenta. “The placenta showed signs of acute and chronic intervillous inflammation consi...