Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Federal investigators to review FDA’s “accelerated pathway” over Alzheimer’s drug approval
(Reuters) - An independent federal review has been launched into the U.S. Food & drug Administration's accelerated approval pathway using which the agency approved Biogen Inc's Alzheimer's treatment A...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. civil rights groups propose path to keep inmates home after pandemic emergency
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of U.S. criminal justice reform advocates on Wednesday sent the Justice Department a proposal to help prevent the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from send...
Aug 04, 2021
Exclusive: Biden plans shift in arms export policy to favor human rights – sources
By Mike Stone and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is preparing an overhaul of arms export policy to increase the emphasis on human rights, a departur...
Aug 04, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-Aussies’ dive into ‘data lake’ brings success in Tokyo pool
By Hritika Sharma (Reuters) - Australia's swim team head home from the Tokyo Games with a haul of nine gold medals - their best ever performance at the Olympics, partly thanks to a switch to a new dat...
Aug 04, 2021
Latin singer Selena featured in new U.S. comic book
(Reuters) - Selena, the Tejano music performer killed in 1995, will be the star of a U.S. comic book debuting later this month. Selena, whose birth name was Selena Quintanilla-Perez, will be the focus...
Aug 04, 2021
Pfizer to require U.S. workers receive COVID-19 vaccine or regular tests
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc, the U.S. drugmaker that developed a COVID-19 vaccine with German partner BioNTech, said on Wednesday it will require all its U.S. employees and contractors to become v...
Aug 04, 2021
COVID-19 vaccines appear to protect patients’ lungs; depression on rise among youth
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccines may ...
Aug 04, 2021
Exclusive: India enforcement agency threatens Flipkart, founders with $1.35 billion fine – sources
By Aditya Kalra, Aftab Ahmed and Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's financial-crime agency has asked Walmart's Flipkart and its founders to explain why they shouldn't face a penalty of $1.3...
Aug 04, 2021
Belarusian athlete lands safely in Warsaw, says Polish official
WARSAW (Reuters) - Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has landed safely in Warsaw, Polish deputy foreign minister Marcin Przydacz said on Twitter on Wednesday. (Reporting by Alan Charlish and ...
Aug 04, 2021
Physician group pushes for preoperative COVID-19 tests even among vaccinated
(Reuters) - All patients undergoing non-emergency surgeries or medical procedures should get a PCR test for COVID-19 before getting operated, irrespective of their vaccination status, according to gui...
Aug 04, 2021
