Russia's daily coronavirus caseload surpassed 40,000 for the third straight day Friday, with state health officials recording 40,735 new infections, Russia's state-owned TASS news agency reported.
China’s state-run Global Times on Thursday announced the opening of the Communist country’s “first multidisciplinary clinic for transgender children and adolescents” at the Children's Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai.
Appearing Friday on CNBC's "Squawk Box," former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb stated that the end of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. is "in sight" after Pfizer announced that its experimental antiviral pill slashed risk of hospitalization or death from the illness by 90 percent in a trial.
Trump-endorsed Green Beret veteran Joe Kent takes the lead in the race for Washington’s Third Congressional District while Republican incumbent Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, who supported Trump's impeachment, sits at third, according to a Trafalgar group poll.