Despite the urgency of beating COVID-19, health officials may delay the development of an effective vaccine. Authorities in the U.S. and elsewhere have yet to authorize an ethical charge investigation procedure called “trials with human challenge.” Challenge tests deliberately involve volunteers with the disease – which explains the official retention …
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The number of new cases of coronavirus in the U.S. rose, but remained below 50,000 for the fourth day in a row, as some universities and schools moved classes online to prevent campus outbreaks. The U.S. reported more than 44,000 new cases of coronavirus Tuesday, sharply up from 35,112 the …
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MINSK / BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders holding a state of emergency were expected to face sanctions on Belarusian officials on Wednesday, but signaled a reluctance to take steps that could be seen as a bid to drive the country out of the Moscow lane. Belarussian opposition politician Sviatlana …
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MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus’s presidential challenger Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Wednesday accused European Union leaders of not recognizing what she called fraudulent election results, saying longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko had lost all legitimacy. Belarussian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya speaks in a video message at an unknown location in Lithuania, in this …
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Floodwaters reach the feet of the Leshan Giant Buddha after heavy rainfall, in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China August 18, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Floods in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday, threatening a …
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