World

[ad_1] CITY OF CEBU – Officials here were mulling over putting this city under another strict lockdown if new cases of the coronavirus disease continue to rise in the coming weeks. Councilman Joel Garganera, deputy director of implementation for the Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC), said they were concerned …

[ad_1] Pfizer and BioNTech have surprised the world, and given it hope, with the preliminary results of the phase 3 clinical trial of their coronavirus vaccine. They announced on Nov. 9 that initial analysis of data from the phase 3 clinical trial, which is still ongoing, showed the vaccine was …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 13: United States President Donald Trump speaks about Operation Warp Speed ​​at the White House Rose Garden on November 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. It is the first time President Trump has spoken since last week’s election night, as COVID-19 infections rise in the United …

[ad_1] Progress on a Covid-19 vaccine has propelled the modest husband-and-wife team behind the German company BioNTech to the global spotlight, with attention inevitably focused on their backgrounds as the children of Turkish immigrants. BioNTech’s vaccine works with a new technology known as messenger RNA, which consists of injecting strands …

[ad_1] More than 52 million people have contracted COVID-19 worldwide and at least 1,290,000 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. News of a successful Pfizer vaccine has given people hope, though its price and availability are still being debated as US states rush to purchase ultra-cold freezers for storage. …

[ad_1] Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer. Jamel Toppin for Forbes Pfizer and BioNTech advanced in the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine this week, announcing preliminary data showing 90% effectiveness. Financial markets rallied on the tantalizing prospect that a return to normality was approaching. But the advantage may be short-lived, …

[ad_1] We should probably stop doing this anyway.Photo: Fred Dufour / AFP (fake images) Thursday, a new study He came out warning that even if we stopped emitting carbon dioxide, the world has reached the “point of no return” of climate change. The paper claims that’s because Arctic permafrost – …

[ad_1] MANILA • Philippine police and soldiers joined in the search for missing persons yesterday after Typhoon Vamco killed at least 42 people, as residents returned to devastated homes after the worst flooding in years in Manila and nearby provinces . Vamco, the 21st and deadliest cyclone to hit the …

[ad_1] Pfizer and BioNTech just released the interim results of their COVID-19 vaccine trial. Although it is not the only vaccine in the later stages of testing, the trial’s large size and careful design, not to mention the promising results, have sparked understandable excitement around the world. As we approach …

[ad_1] Long term planning Even if we stop burning fossil fuels immediately, climate change will take its toll on Earth for centuries. That’s the conclusion of an investigation published Thursday in the journal. Scientific reports, which describes climate change and rising temperatures as a vicious cycle that has already gotten …