Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Oxford’s Brazil vaccine trial to continue after volunteer dies: university
LONDON (Reuters) - The University of Oxford's Brazilian trial of its vaccine candidate will continue after the death of a volunteer, the university said on Wednesday, adding an independent review had ...
Oct 21, 2020
Netherlands confirms cases of H5N8 bird flu in wild swans
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Two cases of H5N8 bird flu have been confirmed in wild swans in the central Dutch province of Utrecht, Dutch authorities said Wednesday. The Dutch agricultural ministry will cons...
Oct 21, 2020
France’s new daily COVID-19 cases above 25,000 again
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 26,676 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the sixth time in 12 days the daily tally stayed above the 25,000 threshold. The number of people in F...
Oct 21, 2020
Soler rides crest of Movistar team work to win Vuelta stage two
LEKUNBERRI, Spain (Reuters) - Spanish rider Marc Soler edged defending champion Primoz Roglic to win stage two of the Vuelta on Wednesday after some magnificent team work from his Movistar side. Rogli...
Oct 21, 2020
Testing of Oxford vaccine will continue after volunteer dies, Brazil health authority says
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that trials of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and University of Oxford would continue after the death of volunteer ...
Oct 21, 2020
Greece reports new peak in COVID-19 cases
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece on Wednesday reported 865 new cases of COVID-19, a new peak since an outbreak in late February, and authorities announced a regional lockdown of a northern district. Authorit...
Oct 21, 2020
Punk lives again as The Damned reform for 2021 tour
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - British punk band The Damned has reformed in its original line-up after more than three decades and the members, all now in their mid-60s, will hit the road for a o...
Oct 21, 2020
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial volunteer has died, Brazil health authority says
By Eduardo Simes SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University h...
Oct 21, 2020
German health minister tests positive for coronavirus
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday and placed himself in home quarantine, the Health Ministry said. It said Spahn, 40, was suffering ...
Oct 21, 2020
Spain becomes first Western European nation to top one million COVID-19 cases
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has become the first Western European country to record more than a million coronavirus infections since the onset of the pandemic, health ministry data showed on Wednesday, a...
Oct 21, 2020
