SINGAPORE, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Five babies born to women infected with the Covid-19 infection in a study in Singapore have antibodies to the virus, although researchers say it is not yet clear what level of protection it provides. The findings of a study of 16 women released on Friday …
Read More »The blood of the Naples saint fails to liquefy what some think is a bad omen
NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) – Wednesday was not a good day for superstitious neopolitics. The blood of San Gennaro, the patron of Naples, failed to heal, despite two rounds of prayers by the faithful, which the southern Italian city sees as some of the bad things to come. A vial of …
Read More »Bird flu has spread to the 10th Japanese province
By Aaron Sheldrick, Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s worst bird flu outbreak has spread to new farms and now affects more than 20% of the country’s pre-47 prefectures, officials have ordered clearing after more poultry deaths. File photo: Officers in protective uniforms work on a chicken farm, where an …
Read More »Bird flu has spread to the 10th Japanese province
By Aaron Sheldrick, Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s worst bird flu outbreak has spread to new farms and now affects more than 20% of the country’s pre-47 prefectures, officials have ordered clearing after more poultry deaths. File photo: Officers in protective uniforms work on a chicken farm, where an …
Read More »U.S. Covid-19 fixes inoculation rollout as regulators first vaccine
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 …
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