#Moderna booster could be effective against COVID-19 variants

#Moderna booster could be effective against COVID-19 variants

“#Moderna booster could be effective against COVID-19 variants” Clinical trials showed that getting a Moderna booster shot could be effective against some COVID-19 variants that have experts concerned, the company announced Wednesday. “As we seek to defeat the ongoing pandemic, we remain committed to being proactive as the virus evolves,” company CEO Stéphane Bancel said…

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#Pfizer pushes India for ‘expedited’ vaccine approval

#Pfizer pushes India for ‘expedited’ vaccine approval

“#Pfizer pushes India for ‘expedited’ vaccine approval” Pfizer is pushing India’s government for an “expedited approval pathway” for its COVID-19 vaccine — and announced a donation of medicines worth more than $70 million amid a catastrophic surge in infections in the country.  “Unfortunately, our vaccine is not registered in India although our application was submitted…

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#Prince Harry gets rock-star greeting at Vax Live concert

#Prince Harry gets rock-star greeting at Vax Live concert

“#Prince Harry gets rock-star greeting at Vax Live concert” Prince Harry got a rock-star greeting as he joined real pop royalty like newly single Jennifer Lopez at a star-studded pro-vaccination concert in California Sunday night. The 36-year-old prince left pregnant wife Meghan Markle at home as he attended the Global Citizen’s “Vax Live: The Concert…

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#Minneapolis is becoming ‘Murderapolis’ again and other commentary

#Minneapolis is becoming ‘Murderapolis’ again and other commentary

“#Minneapolis is becoming ‘Murderapolis’ again and other commentary” Minneapolis update: Back to ‘Murderapolis’ “With the gigantic outpouring of global attention” to the George Floyd case, Michael Tracey argues at his Substack newsletter, “it would be foolish to not also notice the comparatively minuscule attention that other instances of unjust killings receive.” Violence in Minneapolis has…

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#COVID-19 vaccine campaign begins amid virus surge in Syria

#COVID-19 vaccine campaign begins amid virus surge in Syria

“#COVID-19 vaccine campaign begins amid virus surge in Syria” A COVID-19 vaccine campaign kicked off in Syria’s last rebel-held enclave on Saturday, with a 45-year-old front-line nurse becoming the first to receive a U.N.-secured jab. Nizar Fattouh, a nurse in Ibn Sina Hospital in Idlib city, received one of 53,800 AstraZeneca vaccines delivered to northwest…

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