Health & Science

Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:59 UTC
US top disease center, CDC, advises against cruise travel: risk of Covid-19 is “very high”

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised against cruise ship travel, as the risk of Covid-19 on liners is very high.
Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:38 UTC
US expects to begin Covid-19 vaccination by mid-December, a day after regulatory approval

US healthcare workers and others recommended for the nation’s first Covid-19 inoculations could start getting shots within a day or two of regulatory consent next month, a top official of the US government’s vaccine development effort said on Sunday.
Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:03 UTC
Nine year old invents a portable “lunar toilet” for astronauts and wins NASA's challenge 2020

A 9-year-old Malaysian boy has come up with a solution to a long-standing dilemma faced by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa): a gravity-defying loo for its next lunar mission.
Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:48 UTC
Pfizer wants emergency distribution of its vaccine simultaneously in US, Europe and Latin America

US drugmaker Pfizer Inc is hoping to rapidly roll out its experimental COVID-19 vaccine around Latin America soon after it gets emergency authorization in the United States, a senior executive said, which could be as early as next month.
Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:36 UTC
FDA to meet December 10 to decide emergency use of Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's outside advisers will meet on Dec. 10 to discuss whether to authorize the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech for emergency use, the agency said on Friday.
Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:24 UTC
Dr. Fauci blessings to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines

The United States' top infectious disease official said that two coronavirus vaccines being tested were “solid”, and that the speed at which they were developed has not compromised safety or integrity.
Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:12 UTC
G-20 must help plug US$ 5,4bn funding gap for the Covid-19 program, global leaders request

G-20 nations must help plug a US$4.5 billion funding gap for a WHO-led program to distribute coronavirus vaccines and pave the way for an end to the pandemic, according to a letter sent by several world leaders, ahead of this weekend's virtual G20 summit.
Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:04 UTC
G-20 committed to support vulnerable countries beyond a temporary foreign debt freeze

The Group of 20 (G-20) nations are determined to continue doing everything possible to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, warning in a draft communiqué that the global economic recovery remains “uneven, highly uncertain, and subject to elevated downside risks”.
Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Thousands of students, despite restrictions, protest in Colombia's main cities

Thousands of workers and students protested in Colombia on Thursday against the social and economic policies of President Ivan Duque, despite restrictions to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Mexico passed the 100,000 coronavirus deaths mark

Mexico passed the 100,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, becoming only the fourth country — behind the United States, Brazil and India — to do so.