Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Soccer-Inter head into 2022 as dominant force after year to remember
By Alasdair Mackenzie ROME (Reuters) - Inter Milan remain the team to beat in Italy heading into 2022 after a year in which they reclaimed the Serie A title and maintained their momentum under new man...
Dec 30, 2021
Top Israeli health official approves second COVID-19 vaccine booster for immunocompromised
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's top health official announced on Thursday that he has approved a second COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for people with weakened immune systems but a final decision on wid...
Dec 30, 2021
Russia extends production of COVID-19 drug remdesivir without patent for a year
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian government extended on Thursday its approval for drugmaker Pharmasyntez to produce a generic version of U.S. anti-COVID-19 drug remdesivir without a patent for one year,...
Dec 30, 2021
Turkey’s COVID-19 cases surge to near 40,000, at April levels
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey recorded 39,681 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest number of daily infections since April 28, as Health Minister Fahrettin Koca warned about the growing prevalence...
Dec 30, 2021
Scientists to test high dexamethasone doses in severely ill COVID-19 patients
(Reuters) -British scientists will be studying whether higher doses of a cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone could work better for patients with severe COVID-19 compared to the standard...
Dec 30, 2021
Experts warn Omicron ‘blizzard’ to disrupt U.S. for next month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health experts on Thursday warned Americans that a rising tide of COVID-19 cases led by the Omicron variant threatens major disruptions to their lives, from schools to shop...
Dec 30, 2021
Soccer-Biennial World Cup would ‘cannibalise’ women’s game says UEFA chief
(Reuters) - UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has reiterated his opposition to FIFA's plans to stage a biennial World Cup, saying the women's tournament or the Olympics would be affected if they were ...
Dec 30, 2021
Russia’s COVID-19 death toll climbs to world’s second highest
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has overtaken Brazil to have the world's second-highest death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic, behind the United States, data from Russia's state statistics service and Reute...
Dec 30, 2021
Heavily shorted Insignia Systems tracks best month since 1991 on retail buying spree
By Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) - U.S. media and digital solutions firm Insignia Systems extended its month-long rally into the final hours of December, setting itself up for the best month in decad...
Dec 30, 2021
Soccer-Leicester’s Vardy out for up to a month through injury, says Rodgers
(Reuters) - Leicester City striker and club top scorer Jamie Vardy faces a spell on the sidelines after injuring his hamstring against Liverpool, manager Brendan Rodgers said on Thursday. The 34-year-...
Dec 30, 2021
