By Maria Caspani, Brendan O’Brien New York / Indianapolis (Reuters) – U.S. Health officials, shipping services and hospitals are set to launch an unprecedented mass inoculation campaign on Friday, as federal regulators gave emergency approval to the first COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. Preparations for the vaccine rollout were …
Read More »
By Tom Wilson, Hideyuki Sano London / Tokyo (Reuters) – U.S. Shares of the world slipped on Friday in the wake of difficult Brexit talks and uncertainty over stimulus talks, with the Covid-19 vaccine progressing, pushing sterling to weaken the dollar. File photo: A trader looks at financial information on …
Read More »
BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders fought hard on Friday to reduce the group’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels, avoiding the embarrassing hurdle ahead of a UN climate meeting this week. After a night-long discussion at their two-day summit in Brussels, the 27 …
Read More »
The UK’s medicine regulator says anyone with a history of anaphylaxis for medication or food should not take the Pfizer-Bioentech vaccine, which extends its guidance on allergy warning about shots, the first approval against COVID-19. “Anyone with a history of anaphylaxis for a vaccine, drug or diet should not take …
Read More »
Speaking in the German parliament on Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that the nationwide sanctions imposed on November 2 had not proved so effective, with many now dead or in intensive care units with Covid-19. A day after the country’s record 590 deaths were reported, Merkel became emotional as she …
Read More »