AstraZeneca suspends COVID-19 vaccine trial for safety reasons

[ad_1] (Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc has halted a late-stage trial of a leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate after a suspected serious adverse reaction in a study participant, health news website Stat News reported Tuesday. He quoted an AstraZeneca spokesperson as saying in a statement that “the standard review process caused a …

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Star Moots Leaves PN and 9 News You May Have Missed

[ad_1] NOW ROUNDING | Here are the key headlines you may have missed, shortly. 1. The president of Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star), Jeffrey Kitingan, abandoned the seat negotiations for the Sabah state elections and proposed to resign from the National Alliance because of the “dominant” approach of BN and …

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US Stocks Fall As Tech Slump Continues

[ad_1] NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) – US stocks tumbled Tuesday as investors continued to exit the tech sector. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 632.42 points, or 2.25 percent, to finish at 27,500.89. The S&P 500 sank 95.12 points, or 2.78 percent, to 3,331.84. The Nasdaq Composite Index lost …

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‘My dad’s signature didn’t pollute the river’

[ad_1] RAWANG: The families of four brothers who were arrested for investigations into the contamination of Sungai Gong near here, yesterday urged the public to stop claiming that their premises released industrial effluents into the river. The contamination caused the closure of four water treatment plants and cut off water …

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Fake Health Officials Take Covid-19 Log Books

[ad_1] A customer records his data in a log book. Bogus officials in Melaka have taken several of those log books. (Photo by Bernama) MELAKA: Several people posing as health officials took Covid-19 log books from various business locations around the Melaka Tengah district yesterday, Executive Counsel Rahmad Mariman said …

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