Top executives of nine drugmakers likely to produce the first vaccines against the new coronavirus are taking the extraordinary step of promising they'll be safe and effective.
Astrophysicists detected the signal from a long ago violent collision of two black holes that created a new one of a size that had never been seen before.
The timeline raised concern among public health experts about an “October surprise" — a vaccine approval driven by political considerations ahead of a presidential election, rather than science.
West Virginia University has developed technology that can predict coronavirus outbreaks with 90 percent accuracy. Dr. Ali Rezai, executive chair of WVU's Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, joined Cheddar to discuss the technology and protocols the university will implement to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
How and whether companies participate in COVID-19 vaccination programs could mean the difference between a successful roll-out, and one fraught with suspicion and misunderstanding.
India has registered 78,761 new coronavirus cases, the biggest single-day spike in the world since the pandemic began, just as the government began easing restrictions to help the battered economy.
From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, these are the top stories that moved markets and had investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs talking this week on Cheddar.
