Health

The Biden administration said Wednesday it plans to deliver more than 25 million masks to about 1,300 community health centers and thousands of food pantry and soup kitchens in an effort to reach the most vulnerable Americans. Jeffrey Zints, director of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said the new …

A 105-year-old New Jersey woman who battled a deadly coronavirus has given her an unusual habit of continuing good health: gin-soaking raisins. The New York Times reports that Lucia Dicklark, who lives in a nursing home, learned that she had contracted the virus in January, the day after receiving a …

Light – PRA Health Sciences made a financial announcement on Wednesday morning exceeding Financial Street’s expectations – and then announced that it had been acquired by Ireland-based IK ON in a O 12 billion deal. As a result, Raleigh will lose the company’s headquarters. The joint ICON-PRA company will be …

Houston – A federal judge late Tuesday banned President J. Biden’s administration from imposing a 100-day ban on most deportations. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton issued a preliminary injunction sought by Texas, arguing that the term violates federal law and risks imposing additional costs on the state. Mr Biden proposed …

As Australia entered its third day of vaccination, its health minister told local media on Wednesday that two people had received the wrong coronavirus vaccine dose. Two patients aged 88 and 94 were given the recommended dose of Pfizer vaccine four times. Health Minister Greg Hunt said the human error …