Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Pfizer has stopped enrolling in the Paxlovid experiment

Paxlovid

The study finds drugs not effective in reducing symptoms in standard-risk patients. The drug has emergency use authorization for high-risk groups. Data from Israel shows drug reduces hospitalization and death rates in vaccinated and unvaccinated patients 65 years and older, but was not found to prevent severe illness. Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) said on Tuesday it … Read more

NASA turns CO2 into oxygen on Mars

NASA's Perseverance Rover turns some of the air on Mars into breathable oxygen

NASA’s newest six-wheeled robot on the surface of Mars, includes converting some of the Red Planet’s thin, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere into oxygen. NASA in its statement said that a toaster-size, experimental instrument aboard Perseverance called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) accomplished the task. For rockets or astronauts, oxygen is key, said MOXIE’s … Read more