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Biden builds team to combat climate change

However, the roll of senior White House adviser on climate policy would not require senate confirmation, which could prove a boon for McCarthy and the Biden Pre...

FDA authorizes Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Perna acknowledged the criticism and accepted blame. "It was a planning error and I am responsible". "I am the one who approved forecast sheets". "I know that...

United Kingdom medical officer: New virus variant spreading more rapidly

New strain of virus "does appear to be passed on significantly more easily", Boris Johnson said. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was holding a conferen...

United States authorises Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Moderna's vaccine causes a person to create just the protein, which on its own is harmless, and then their natural defenses via their immune system react to tha...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls for New Democratic Party Leadership

Although Pelosi has indicated this upcoming term could be her last, Ocasio-Cortez said there are no viable solutions to replace her because the party's current ...

India crosses 10 million Covid-19 cases as vaccine approval pending

In a note Wednesday, Bernstein analysts said they expect 200 million Americans will be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus by May 31, and that the people r...

Pfizer Says Millions of COVID Vaccine Doses Are Sitting in a Warehouse

Moderna's coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), providing s...

Covid-19 increases risk of development of mental disorders, - research

They also identified higher risks of dementia , a form of brain impairment, in patients. Researchers at Britain's Oxford University found that people diagno...

US Drug Regulator Investigating 5 Allergic Reactions After Pfizer Shot

The government says it could take more than one year to administer two doses of vaccines - 28 days apart - to most of India's 1.35 billion people. The Pfizer-...

Island Health adds 1 more COVID-19 death, five new cases

Sadly 11 more deaths for a total of 724 and there are now 356 people in hospital province-wide - 92 of whom are in intensive care. A total of 33,589 people wh...

Over 1,000 high-risk health care workers in Washington get vaccine

The vaccine will be given to health care workers and essential caregivers who work in hospitals, long-term care homes, retirement homes and other congregate set...

Windsor Regional Hospital among 17 Ontario hospitals getting COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer has committed already to delivering 255,000 doses to Canada in December. Ontario is expecting up to 90,000 Pfizer-BioNTech doses from the federal gover...

Supreme Court sides with Colorado church challenging COVID rules

The ruling comes after the high court ruled last month in favor of NY churches and synagogues that challenged Governor Andrew Cuomo's pandemic restrictions on...

Former Taoiseach predicts Brexit deal by end of weekend

That arrangement will end on 31 December and Mr Johnson acknowledged that "time was short". "On fisheries, he stressed that the United Kingdom could not acc...

FDA to revise Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine guidance after allergic reactions

The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that pharmacists can draw additional doses from vials of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine , potentially expandi...

Ontario to provide COVID-19 vaccine rollout update, immunizations start Tuesday

Today's numbers are higher than the 1,848 reported yesterday , but are a decrease from Thursday's record-breaking 1,983 , Wednesday's 1,890 , Monday's 1 ,9...

Southern California region hits 0% ICU bed capacity

As a result, she said, "We will have an increase in deaths in the weeks to come". "The science of COVID-19 transmission also indicates that the transmission o...

Two-thirds of England to be under toughest Covid-19 measures

What are the rules in Tier 3? The review was met with opposition from a number of MPs and political leaders across the North West, with many questioning why...

Health worker in Alaska had serious allergic reaction after Pfizer vaccine

The final tier consists of additional workers with direct patient conduct who conduct high contact or high-risk procedures, typically which will generate aeroso...

Extra doses in Pfizer vaccine vials can be used, FDA says

Some were also going to residents and staff of long-term care facilities. Already, regulators are finding effects that weren't seen in clinical trials - a handf...

Green Bay health care workers get first round of COVID-19 vaccine

He continued to encourage others to get the vaccine, sharing, "You're having it not just for yourself but for people who you are close to - you're doing your bi...

Ontario's Ministry of Health reports 2,432 new cases of COVID-19

Of the 4,058 deaths since mid-January, one was in a person under the age of 20, 15 were ages 20 to 39, 162 were 40 to 59 years old, 1,059 were 60 to 79 years ol...

Prevail Therapeutics Stock Surges After Eli Lilly Acquisition Announcement

Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly said the acquisition of Prevail Therapeutics will establish a new modality for drug discovery and development. Lilly will pay...

Sir Ian McKellen 'euphoric' to receive Covid-19 vaccine

Her symptoms resolved within moments of receiving epinephrine and she is scheduled to be released later Wednesday. They say they are investigating whether there...

Alaskan has allergic reaction after getting Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine

Kansas released the initial framework for its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan Wednesday. "I really hope that, as more people get vaccinated, we will move f...

First Healthcare Vaccine Recipients Relieved and Grateful for its Arrival

The US began its vaccine roll-out on Monday after the drug was given emergency-use authorisation last week. More than 1.6 million people have died from the vi...

Sir Ian McKellen feels 'euphoric' after receiving coronavirus vaccine

Commander Holly Van Lew, a vaccine specialist with the U.S. Public Health Service and member of the Operation Warp Speed task force said she traveled the countr...

Ian McKellen receives first part of Covid vaccination

Almost 13,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have now been delivered to 11 regional hospitals around the state, Beshear said in a written update, and some...

Russia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout draws wary, mixed response

U.S. Army General Gustave Perna, overseeing the government's Operation Warp Speed campaign, said FedEx and UPS have developed contingency plans to keep any dela...

Alberta's priority healthcare workers will be first to receive vaccine

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CVUHB) said other staff were being tested to manage the outbreak and the pause in the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine rollout ...

BAT's COVID-19 vaccine candidate gets US approval for human trials

The first person to receive the vaccine was Upstate University Hospital's Kenzo Mukendi. German Health Minister Jens Spahn said Berlin wanted the European Uni...

10th TDSB school shuts down following COVID-19 investigation

The Toronto District School Board has announced eight more schools will be closed until early January due to COVID-19 outbreaks, including a pair of East York s...

Alberta's front-line health workers eager for COVID-19 vaccination

The county will receive shipments about every week, she said. "They've been scared, but they persevered". In the first round of vaccines to take place this wi...

BAT's Covid-19 vaccine candidate gets U.S. approval for human trials

The symptoms were discovered during a 15-minute observation period recommended by the CDC. The patient was administered Pepcid, Benadryl and epinephrine through...

Kenney, Hinshaw and ministers to speak on COVID-19

Subsequently, the Bharat Biotech issued a clarification on December 5 saying that the efficacy of the vaccine can only be determined 14 days after the second ...