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  • 'Unpredictable': NYC's doctors share lessons from the toughest month at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.
  • A leading potential coronavirus vaccine just started human trials in the US. The top scientist at Pfizer told us it could be ready for emergency use this fall.
  • A model cited repeatedly by the White House almost doubled its predicted US deaths to 134,000 by mid-August because of 'premature relaxation of social distancing.'
  • The White House has banned its entire coronavirus task force from testifying to Congress, as a House panel gears up to investigate the government's pandemic response.
  • A Family Dollar security guard was shot dead after trying to enforce Michigan's compulsory face mask law.
  • Canada is dealing with the coronavirus far better than the US, which has 30% more deaths per capita. Here's why.
  • Israel's government research agency says it successfully isolated a key coronavirus antibody, paving the way for a possible breakthrough treatment.
  • Scott Galloway predicts Amazon will be the fastest growing healthcare company by 2025, many US universities may never reopen, and says the best time to start a new business is in the depths of a recession.
  • Intel from US allies suggest it is 'highly unlikely' the coronavirus came from a Chinese lab and 'highly likely' that it was 'naturally occurring.'
  • Fauci yet again dismisses conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was made in a Wuhan lab after Pompeo touted 'enormous evidence' of a cover up.

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'Unpredictable': NYC's doctors share lessons from the toughest month at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.

New York City's hospitals were slammed in April by the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.

Along the way, doctors there learned a lot more about the disease, making decisions that can help prevent additional deaths.

As the surge of new patients starts to slow, the city is grappling with what's ahead, as surgeries start to resume and emergency rooms empty out.

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A leading potential coronavirus vaccine just started human trials in the US. The top scientist at Pfizer told us it could be ready for emergency use this fall.

Pfizer and BioNTech have started testing their coronavirus vaccine candidates in healthy volunteers in the US.

Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer's chief scientific officer, told Business Insider this experimental vaccine could be ready for emergency use this fall.

"I don't think this has ever happened in the history of modern vaccines," Dolsten said of the speedy timeline.

The US trials are testing four variations of a coronavirus vaccine developed by the pharma giant Pfizer and its smaller biotech partner BioNTech.

Dolsten outlined how a vaccine candidate could be tested in real-time during a subsequent outbreak of COVID-19 this fall.

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A model cited repeatedly by the White House almost doubled its predicted US deaths to 134,000 by mid-August because of 'premature relaxation of social distancing.'

An influential model of how the coronavirus will hit the US has almost doubled the number of deaths it predicts will take place by mid-August, raising it to 134,000 people.

The University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation raised its estimate sharply — last week it was around 72,000.

The institute partly attributed the higher estimate to widespread plans to lift state-level lockdowns this week.

The IHME model has been used by the White House, which has also been revising its estimated death toll upwards.

So far more than 68,000 people have died from the virus in the US.

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