Author Archives: Syndicated Content
GSK narrows focus on elderly in trial to treat pneumonia from COVID-19
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline will extend a trial testing an experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug on patients suffering from pneumonia related to COVID-19 to focus on the el...
Feb 25, 2021
Wanted: More high-tech manufacturing space for a global vaccine push
By Allison Martell, Carl O'Donnell and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - The number of available COVID-19 vaccine doses is steadily rising, but a shortage of physical space that meets standards for pharma...
Feb 25, 2021
Greece to toughen laws on sex crimes after wave of abuse allegations
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will toughen laws to combat sexual abuse and protect minors, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday following a cascade of recent scandals in culture and sport. ...
Feb 25, 2021
Fraudsters offer 400 million ‘ghost’ COVID vaccines in EU: officials
BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Fraudsters have offered 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines worth some 3 billion euros to European Union countries, two officials, showing how criminals seek to capitali...
Feb 25, 2021
Pfizer-BioNTech testing booster of their COVID-19 vaccine in new trial
By Michael Erman (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Thursday they are testing a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine to better understand the immune response against new variants of the vi...
Feb 25, 2021
Carbon offsets gird for lift-off as big money gets close to nature
By Susanna Twidale and Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) - An expected dash by big corporations for offsets to meet their climate targets has prompted financial exchanges to launch carbon futures contr...
Feb 25, 2021
Italy holds state funeral for slain Congo ambassador and bodyguard
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Thursday held a state funeral on Thursday for its ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and his bodyguard killed in an ambush that a cardinal said...
Feb 25, 2021
Afghanistan reports H5N8 bird flu on farm: OIE
PARIS (Reuters) - Afghanistan has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu on a poultry farm in Herat province, which borders Iran, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health ...
Feb 25, 2021
Boeing planned to replace 777 engine covers before recent failures: WSJ
(Reuters) - Boeing Co was planning to replace engine covers on its 777 jets months before a pair of recent serious failures, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing an internal Federal Av...
Feb 25, 2021
African Union backs call to waive IP rights on COVID-19 drugs
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The African Union is backing calls for drugmakers to waive some intellectual property rights on COVID-19 medicines and vaccines to speed up their rollout to poor countries, th...
Feb 25, 2021
