PHOENIX (AP) – Gov. Doug Ducey lifted Arizona’s remaining restrictions on curbing coronavirus on Thursday, banning government mandates on masks and allowing bars and nightclubs closed for months to open without restrictions. …
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Read More »Pfizer will work only on new vaccines using mRNA technology – WSJ
(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc plans to leverage the gene-based technology behind its successful COVID-19 injection to develop new vaccines for other viruses, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: The …
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