Japan launches COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the midst of availability issues
Health workers were given Japan’s first coronavirus shots on Wednesday, launching a vaccination programme deemed crucial to hosting the already postponed Tokyo Olympics. However, in a nation worried...
View ArticleThe second largest city in Australia comes from the 3rd lockdown.
Melbourne, the second largest city in Australia, will ease its third lockdown on Wednesday and encourage spectators, after a five-day absence, to return to the Australian Open tennis tournament....
View ArticlePfizer-BioNTech to get an additional 200 million COVID-19 shots to the EU
Pfizer and BioNTech announced Wednesday that they have reached an agreement to supply another 200 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union. In a statement, the U.S. and German...
View ArticleYouTube removes video from the Ohio commission, alleging misinformation
Legislative testimony given Wednesday in favour of a GOP-backed attempt to restrict public health orders issued by the governor of Ohio was deleted from YouTube after the service considered that it...
View ArticleIt’s mud, mud throughout the UK’s 3rd lockdown
It’s obviously not enough for Britons to suffer almost 120,000 COVID-19 deaths and face a new strain of the virus that scientists believe is more infectious and more lethal. Not enough to suffer...
View ArticleBiden mourns 500,000 deaths, juggling the sadness and optimism of the country.
President Joe Biden faced the once-unimaginable loss of half a million Americans in the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday with sunset remarks and a national moment of silence as he sought to strike a...
View ArticleHalf a million deaths in the US, confirming the tragic reach of viruses
The toll was mostly a number for weeks after Cindy Pollock started planting tiny flags in her yard, one for each of the more than 1,800 Idahoans killed by COVID-19. Until two women she’d never met...
View ArticleNot to be sniffed at: Post-COVID-19 pain of loss of scent
The doctor slid a miniature camera into the right nostril of the patient, making her entire nose, with its bright miniature light, glow red. Tickles a little bit, eh? As he rummaged through her nasal...
View ArticleJ&J’s one-dose shot was accepted, making the US the third country to receive...
The Food and Drug Administration approved a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with only one dose instead of two to prevent COVID-19 in the United States on Saturday. As they race against a virus...
View ArticleUnited States could be exposed due to a decline in demand for COVID-19 tests.
Los Angeles County was performing over 350,000 weekly coronavirus tests just five weeks ago, including at a huge drive-thru site at Dodger Stadium, as health workers worked to contain the worst...
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