Health Care Tech

A Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group is the latest to sue Zoom Video Communications over allegedly false privacy protection claims, saying the company misled and deceived users, such as those in the health care industry, who expected that the technology's encryption would protect their personal information, according to a lawsuit announced Tuesday. 

Russia on Tuesday became the first country to clear a coronavirus vaccine and declare it ready for use, despite international skepticism. President Vladimir Putin said that one of his daughters has already been inoculated.

Gilead Sciences Inc said on Monday it has filed a marketing application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its experimental COVID-19 drug remdesivir.

The Hawaii Department of Transportation has installed thermal screening technology at the gates of trans-Pacific flights in order to detect passengers with a temperature of 100.4 degrees or higher.

The eye-care unit, known as Bausch & Lomb, had $3.7 billion in revenue last year, compared with about $4.9 billion from the rest of the company.

Clorox, the world's biggest cleaning products maker, said grocery store shelves won’t be fully stocked with the company's disinfecting wipes until next year, according to a report on Tuesday.

The next big advance in battling the pandemic could come from a class of biotech therapies widely used against cancer and other disorders -- antibodies designed specifically to attack this new virus.