[ad_1] Preparing for COVID-19 vaccination: the last mile In my previous column, I wrote about the issues of preparing for the launch of the COVID-19 vaccine in terms of our current ability to meet the requirements of moving massive quantities of vaccine from arrival at the port to the actual …
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[ad_1] Fauci went on to defend the Food and Drug Administration, which he called “the gold standard of regulation,” and said the US regulatory agency was conducting its vaccine approval process “in a way very careful. ” Fauci lamented that Americans are already too skeptical of a possible vaccine, saying …
Read More »[ad_1] Forty-eight NBA players tested positive for COVID-19, the league said on Wednesday, as players returned to their team’s home markets for the start of the 2020-21 season on Dec. 22. The NBA said it evaluated 546 players as part of its “initial back-to-market testing phase,” which began Nov. 24-30. …
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[ad_1] Amarjit Singh, MD, Spotify India The Covid-19 crash gave the audio streaming industry a boost as people stayed indoors with free time. Swedish audio streaming platform Spotify, which launched in India in February 2019, posted 29% year-on-year (YoY) growth in its global monthly active users (MAUs) in the third …
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[ad_1] December 5, 2020 WHEN PFIZER and BioNTech, two pharmaceutical companies, revealed in November that their covid-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective, as celebrated by health experts around the world. The stock markets, however, responded with a simple golf swing. the S&P 500, a technology index of large American …
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[ad_1] It’s a historic moment for this nascent industry and for those looking for a cruelty-free steak – the cultured meat, grown in bioreactors, has been approved for sale in Singapore. San Francisco-based Eat Just’s chicken bites will go on sale soon. Eat Just’s “Chicken Bites” will initially be available …
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[ad_1] The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has hailed the delivery of a “successful” window of FIBA Continental Cup Qualifiers across four continents in November amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 78 qualifying matches, with 72 teams and 870 players from around the world, were played in biosecurity bubbles …
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[ad_1] This combination of screenshots shows (from left) Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado, Acting Secretary for Socio-Economic Planning Karl Kendrick Chua, and Finance Secretary Carlos Domínguez the third speech during the Budget Coordination Committee virtual briefing Development (DBCC) on December 3, 2020 (screenshots from the Department of Budget and Management Facebook …
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[ad_1] Facebook said Thursday it would remove posts containing claims about Covid-19 vaccines that have been discredited by public health experts, as the social network acts more aggressively to combat misinformation about the coronavirus as falsehoods run rampant. . The move goes one step beyond how Facebook had handled misinformation …
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[ad_1] Duterte hopes to comment on the proposal PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is expected to give great weight to the proposal of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that the government not declare a ceasefire with the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) …
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