Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. FDA puts early-stage trial of Altimmune’s COVID-19 vaccine on hold
(Reuters) - Altimmune Inc said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had put a clinical hold on its application to begin human testing of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, AdCOVID. The FD...
Dec 23, 2020
Asian-American filmmakers dismayed at Golden Globe rule on ‘Minari’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Asian-American filmmakers on Wednesday expressed dismay that South Korean drama "Minari" will compete for honors at next year's Golden Globes in the foreign language category, ...
Dec 23, 2020
Defying Congress, Trump vetoes defense bill and threatens government shutdown
By Andy Sullivan and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a bipartisan defense policy bill on Wednesday and raised the prospect that the United States could face a g...
Dec 23, 2020
U.S. to ship around 4.7 million vaccine doses next week – U.S. Army General
(Reuters) - The U.S. government and its partners will distribute 4.67 million doses of Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine next week, bringing the total number of doses slated for shipment t...
Dec 23, 2020
Moderna expects its COVID-19 vaccine to protect against UK coronavirus variant
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Wednesday it expects that the immunity induced by its COVID-19 vaccine would be protective against the coronavirus variants reported in the UK, based on data to date. T...
Dec 23, 2020
U.S. says it has “highly credible” information Iranians created website threatening U.S. election officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. security agencies said on Wednesday that they had "highly credible information" indicating Iranian "cyber actors" almost certainly were responsible for creating a website e...
Dec 23, 2020
Three BNSF train cars ruptured, spills crude after derailment in Washington
(Reuters) - Three BNSF Railway train cars carrying crude oil ruptured and spilled an unknown amount of fuel after their derailment in Custer, Washington on Tuesday, the company said on Wednesday. "I d...
Dec 23, 2020
Robot helps Santa and Mrs. Claus visit patients virtually at Bronson Children’s Hospital
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Santa and Mrs. Claus recently paid virtual visits to patients at Bronson Hospital’s pediatric unit with the help of a new robot. Santa and Mrs. Claus visit a p...
Dec 23, 2020
South Africa set to surpass COVID’s first wave peak
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The rate of coronavirus infections in South Africa will soon surpass the peak hit in the first wave earlier in the year, the health ministry warned on Wednesday, as the countr...
Dec 23, 2020
Netherlands to require negative COVID tests from air passengers
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Travellers wanting to fly to the Netherlands will be required to have tested negative for COVID-19 no more than three days before departure as of next Tuesday, the Dutch governme...
Dec 23, 2020
