Next week, the National Institutes of Health will launch an unprecedented effort to find a COVID-19 vaccine. The director of the NIH, Dr. Francis Collins, plays a critical role in that effort, dubbed "Operation Warp Speed." The operation aims to deliver 300 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine by January 2021.Collins joined "CBS Evening News"…
It has been 14 days since Aaron Weeks was tested for COVID-19, and he still doesn't have his test results."What's the point?" asked Weeks, 31, of Brooklyn, New York.Full coverage of the coronavirus outbreakHe got tested after a close contact was diagnosed with COVID-19. Even though Weeks never felt sick, people without symptoms can spread…
An idea that might seem outlandish at first is gaining some ground as a way to speed development of a coronavirus vaccine: intentionally infecting people with the virus as part of a trial.The idea, known as a “challenge trial,” would deliberately infect a few hundred young, healthy volunteers, who were first given either the potential…
Published: May 27, 2026, 6:54 pm JXK Enterprises Inc. is recalling Boner Bears Chocolate, Lot #BB21125, after being notified that FDA laboratory analysis confirmed the presence of sildenafil, an active ingredient in the FDA-approved prescription drug Viagra, which is not declared on the product label. Sildenafil is approved for use only under the supervision of
This is one of four products subject to the recall. The company did not provide photos of the other products, but label information is listed below. Published: May 26, 2026, 5:50 pm The FDA is warning consumers with milk, wheat, or tree nut allergies not to eat, and retailers not to serve or sell certain
An outbreak of Salmonella in Belgium traced to eggs has sickened more than 230 people. The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) confirmed to Food Safety News that 236 people are ill in the Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak. Patients range in age from less than 1 to 96 years old. They fell