Monkeys, ferrets be offering wanted clues in COVID-19 vaccine race

The international race for a COVID-19 vaccine boils down to a couple important questions: How a lot should the pictures rev up anyone’s immune gadget to in reality paintings? And may just revving it the unsuitable approach purpose hurt? Even as firms recruit tens of 1000's of other folks for greater vaccine research this summer time, in the back of the scenes scientists nonetheless are trying out ferrets, monkeys and different animals in hopes of clues to these fundamental questions — steps that during a pre-pandemic generation would had been completed first. “We are in essence doing a great experiment,” stated Ralph Baric, a coronavirus knowledgeable on the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, whose lab is trying out

Adam Humphries Stayed Committed To Titans Despite Patriots’ Better Offer

Adam Humphries Stayed Committed To Titans Despite Patriots’ Better Offer

Free-agent wide receiver Adam Humphries stayed committed to his word despite a late attractive offer from the New England Patriots. After Humphries agreed to terms with the Titans on a four-year, $ 36 million contract over a deal from New England on Monday, the Patriots raised their offer with more money per year and a higher guarantee than Tennessee on Tuesday afternoon, a source told NESN.com. Humphries never wavered and stayed committed to the Titans, the source said. Humphries is signing with Tennessee, even though the deal has not yet been made official, according to the source. The Patriots re-signed wide receiver Phillip Dorsett to a one-year deal... NESN.com

David Pastrnak Injury: Bruins Offer Discouraging Update On Star Winger

David Pastrnak Injury: Bruins Offer Discouraging Update On Star Winger

David Pastrnak is on the mend, but it doesn’t sound like he’ll return to game action anytime soon. The Boston Bruins winger has been on the shelf since having surgery to repair a thumb injury suffered Feb. 11 after a team sponsorship event. When first announcing the injury, Bruins general manager Don Sweeney said Pastrnak would be reevaluated in “two weeks.” Well, the two-week mark has arrived, and here’s the latest on Pastrnak: Pastrnak did return to the ice Monday, though he still isn’t ready to hold a stick. Although it’s good news that doctors feel “great” about Pastrnak’s recovery, it’s hard to not feel worried... NESN.com

MLB Rumors: Bryce Harper Turned Down This Offer From Nationals

MLB Rumors: Bryce Harper Turned Down This Offer From Nationals

Bryce Harper is among the hottest free agents on the market this offseason, and we now have a starting point as to what he thinks he’ll command. The star outfielder reportedly turned down a 10-year, $ 300 million offer to remain with the Washington Nationals, according to The Washington Post’s Chelsea Janes. Upon hearing the news, MLB insider for The Athletic Ken Rosenthal posited a theory behind the deal. If we speculate, it’s easy to see why Harper turned the deal down. The offer would put him in a share with Miguel Cabrera for Major League Baseball’s seventh-highest salary in 2019, according to Sportrac. And when you consider he... NESN.com

What Laporte can offer to Guardiola’s Manchester City

What Laporte can offer to Guardiola’s Manchester City

Aymeric Laporte has become the latest player to join Josep Guardiola's revolution at Manchester City, moving to England after the Premier League leaders agreed to pay the release clause in his Athletic Club contract. UEFA.com examines what the French centre-back will bring to the side. FactfileDate of birth: 27/05/1994Nationality: FrenchPosition: defenderPreferred foot: leftHeight: 191cmAttacking from defence

Patriots Reportedly Still Open To Trading Jimmy Garoppolo For Right Offer

Share this: It turns out Jimmy Garoppolo’s days with the New England Patriots could be numbered after all. Just a day after ESPN’s Adam Schefter adamantly reported Garoppolo “is not going to be traded” by the Pats, Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot painted a very different picture Thursday, citing a league source. In fact, it appears a trade still is an option for New England, although with one major stipulation. Substantial trade talks apparently already have started, as the source told Cabot there is a “preliminary offer” from one team, and a second team is expected to make a bid for Garoppolo, too. A first-round pick is among the assets the Patriots are looking for in such a trade, according to Cabot. The Cleveland Browns are among the teams

President Donald Trump Decides Not To Fill Out NCAA Bracket For ESPN

Share this: President Donald Trump might have pulled an upset in the 2016 presidential election but he won’t be predicting any come March. Trump has decided not to continue President Barack Obama’s tradition of filling out an NCAA tournament bracket for ESPN, according to The Washington Post. ESPN did reach out to Trump’s staff to invite the president to fill out a bracket on-camera, but the network received word that the president would not be participating this year. “We expressed our interest to the White House in continuing the presidential bracket,” an ESPN spokeswoman said Wednesday. “They have respectfully declined.” President Obama had hosted ESPN crews in the White House to fill out both the men’s and women’s brackets for the past several years as part