Tag : coronavirus

Tag: coronavirus

World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

First revealed on Caglecartoons.com, The Netherlands, September 12, 2021 | By Joep Bertrams First revealed on POLITICO.com, U.S., September 9, 2021 | By Matt Wuerker First revealed on Caglecartoons.com, U.S., September 12, 2021 | By...

US study finds Moderna vaccine is best at preventing COVID-19 hospitalization

WASHINGTON — Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is the simplest at protecting towards COVID-19 hospitalizations, in accordance with a research revealed Friday by the Centers for Illness Control and Prevention. An analysis of greater than three,600 adults...

Brussels keeps mask mandate as rest of Belgium relaxes rules

Belgium will drop its requirement for face masks to be worn in outlets, eating places and at work from October 1. However in Brussels, the mandate is staying, the country’s leaders announced on Friday. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo stat...

US dropped from EU’s coronavirus safe travel list

The EU on Monday removed the U.S. from its accredited coronavirus travel record following a evaluation of restrictions. The transfer means unvaccinated U.S. travelers might as soon as extra face restrictions on nonessential trips to Europe — just...

Herd immunity ‘not a possibility’ with Delta variant

LONDON — Herd immunity is “not a risk” with the current unfold of the Delta variant because of it nonetheless infecting vaccinated people, the top of the Oxford Vaccine Group Andrew Pollard stated Tuesday. Pollard, who was concerned in the impro...

David Cameron made $10M from Greensill Capital, BBC reports

LONDON —& David Cameron earned about $10 million from finance agency Greensill Capital earlier than the corporate’s collapse, based on paperwork leaked to the BBC. The former British prime minister was as a result of be paid $4.5 million af...

BioNTech: Third vaccine dose will be needed, but no need to adapt for Delta variant

BioNTech believes a booster dose of its coronavirus vaccine produced with Pfizer shall be vital, nevertheless it gained’t have to be altered to target the Delta variant, the company stated Monday. Speaking in the course of the launch of th...

India’s Serum Institute to make Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine

India’s Serum Institute has entered into a partnership to manufacture doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik’s government-sponsored backer announced Tuesday. The Russian Direct Funding Fund, the sovereign wealt...

Moderna accused of parking vaccine profits in tax havens: report

Vaccine producer Moderna is establishing shop in Switzerland and the U.S. state of Delaware to avoid paying high taxes on vaccine sales, in line with a Dutch nonprofit. In a report released Tuesday, the Analysis on Multinational Firms (SOMO) cite...

With eye on reelection, Emmanuel Macron sketches out plan for end of term

PARIS — With an eye fixed on preserving his possibilities for reelection next yr, French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday tried to incentivise his fellow countrymen and ladies to get the coronavirus vaccine given the approaching fourth wave threa...

Why AIDS history is repeating in COVID-19

This can be a POLITICO case research, a take a look at what works — and what doesn’t — in the struggle towards HIV. The article is a part of Telescope: The New AIDS Epidemic, a deep-dive investigation into the fashionable face of a disease that rew...

AstraZeneca’s antibody cocktail fails to protect against coronavirus: Study

A medical trial taking a look at an antibody therapy towards COVID-19 developed by British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca yielded destructive outcomes, the corporate announced on Tuesday. AZD7442 — a mixture of two totally different monoclona...

Location, location, location: Picking a spot for Biden-Putin summit is a tricky task

Vienna? Perhaps. Reykjavik? Not unimaginable. Helsinki? Umm… As President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin prepare for a potential face-to-face meeting, their aides try to nail down one of the best location for what might show...

Biden team says it supports waiving patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines

WASHINGTON — America stated on Wednesday that itsupports waiving invaluable patent and other intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines tohelp broaden production of life-saving photographs worldwide. “This can be a international well...

European regional leaders attempt Sputnik V purchases

The top of the Spanish region of Madrid tried to acquire doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine earlier this yr in an extra sign of the willingness of regional leaders throughout Europe to break away from the strategies set out by their nationa...