Category : COVID-19

The measures, put in place “to protect our rights as an independent coastal state” includes “numerous patrol vessels across military and marine organizations that are used to provide physical presence, deterrence and inspection capability,” the ministry said in a statement. Four offshore patrol vessels “will be available to patrol UK waters to assist other government […]Read More

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19 was finally granted Emergency Use Authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration late Friday night for people aged 16 and older. The decision comes following a safety review, months of testing, and intense pressure from the Trump administration, which reportedly told the head of the FDA, Stephen Hahn, MD, […]Read More

2020 has been a year for the history books. In March, the stock market suffered its worst month since the Great Depression, but by August, the S&P 500 index had set a new record high — and it recently notched its latest fresh peak. It’s been a whirlwind year, to put it mildly. There’s still […]Read More

Major events were among the first things to go when the novel coronavirus first started spreading around the world in February. Concerts, conferences and other gatherings were called off or went virtual in the spring. In Boston, however, Biogen’s elite medical conference on February 26-27 continued as planned, with more than 100 cases of COVID-19 tied […]Read More

Progressives vowed to take on Joe Biden the minute he defeated President Donald Trump. But the unresolved Senate races in Georgia are helping to keep the peace between the party’s warring factions for a few more weeks — and then it’s open season. The logic behind the current cease-fire is simple: If Democrats don’t take […]Read More

President-elect Joe Biden is shown speaking on a monitor about coronavirus in the briefing room of the White House on November 9, 2020. | Joshua Roberts/Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden’s team is feverishly working to get a messaging plan in place to sell a skeptical public on the first FDA-backed coronavirus vaccine, believing the Trump […]Read More

Christopher Steele on March 7, 2017. | Victoria Jones/AP Photo The prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the intelligence community’s handling of the Russia probe has been searching for evidence that FBI agents mishandled classified information, according to court records and people familiar with his investigation. John Durham, whose investigation began in […]Read More

The federal government is doubling down on its purchases of a COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna. The Trump administration plans to buy an additional 100 million doses of the vaccine, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday.  The purchase increases the U.S. government’s commitment to 200 million vaccine doses. Of those, 20 million doses […]Read More

Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story An Epic Israeli TV Drama Exposes War Wounds Old and New Grappling with the traumatic opening of the 1973 war, when Israel feared destruction, the series “Valley of Tears” has prompted a national outpouring of emotion. Israeli soldiers during the war in […]Read More

STOCKHOLM (BLOOMBERG) – Sweden faces a shortage of healthcare workers as the number of resignations ticks up after a relentless year of caring for Covid-19 patients. Chairman of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals Sineva Ribeiro says the situation is “terrible”. Even before the first wave of the pandemic back in March, there was “a […]Read More