Monthly Archives: August 2020

FDA approval for blood plasma as COVID-19 treatment pending: NYT

Aug 19 (Reuters) – Emergency approval of blood plasma as a potential COVID-19 treatment by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now been stopped, the New York Times reported Wednesday, with two administration officials. A group of top federal health officials including Anthony Fauci have claimed that emerging data …

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CEO of Citi: Banks must have the courage to move away from deals that are bad for the climate (opinion)

But here’s the rub: It’s unlikely that these reductions in air pollution will continue as world economies reopen. What we need is systemic change – thickness through government policy, supported by science and driven by the resources and innovation of the private sector. Companies, especially those in the financial sector …

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Peninsula Review – Sequel is all spectacle

Image: Next Entertainment World It’s not often that a film really mint fresh horror of an exhausting tropical. Yet with his exciting ride of 2016 Train to Busan, South Korean writer-director Yeon Sang-ho increased the moribund walk-death genre with striking imagery, a cramped attitude, and some blood-spattered insights into how …

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