The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was about to restart the process of approving Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine following a series of problems with the dossier. WHO authorisation has been sought for the Sputnik V jab created…
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African nations set to miss ‘crucial’ COVID vaccine goal: WHO
Most African countries are set to miss the “crucial” goal of vaccinating the most vulnerable ten percent of their populations against COVID-19 by the end of the month, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday Forty-two of Africa’s 54 nations,…
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2020 set to be deadliest year in U.S. history with 3.2 million deaths
2020 is the deadliest year in U.S. history: America is on pace for more than 3.2 million total deaths including 347K killed by COVID, 75K pandemic-related fatalities and a record 81K fatal overdoses Preliminary CDC figures suggest 2020 will be…
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Trump Plan May Set Clock Ticking on Many Health Rules — Setting Off Alarms
The Trump administration wants to require the Department of Health and Human Services to review most of its regulations by 2023 — and automatically void those not assessed in time. A proposed rule would require HHS to analyze within 24…
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Ready, set, vaccinate! But how can the government boost coverage?
The rapid availability of effective COVID-19 vaccines is a good thing, and the government has launched a nationwide campaign to promote vaccination. But will that campaign work? Florian Heine, researcher at Tilburg University, believes it will, provided the government communicates…
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This Guy Did One Set of Pushups to Failure Every Day for a Year
Doing a single set of push-ups to failure doesn’t sound like a lot. That’s a few minutes of work, and while you’ll be feeling the burn by the end, it’s not particularly strenuous or challenging. But what if you did…
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Jaromir Jagr, 48, Set to Return for His 33rd Season of Professional Hockey
2020 has upended everything about how we live and work, but at least one thing remains a constant: Somehow, Jaromir Jagr is still playing pro hockey. Jagr, 48, confirmed yesterday that he will return for at least one more season…
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Woman dismissed as 'hysterical' had a second womb set for period blood explosion
When student Madeleine Janes, now 21, began to experience excruciating stomach pains in August 2015, doctors told her she was just constipated. But her symptoms, which kept her up at night as the pain was so intense she couldn’t sleep,…
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Moscow set to further ease virus lockdown
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin was expected Monday to set out a timetable to further ease strict lockdown measures in the capital as Russia’s number of confirmed coronavirus cases reached 476,658. Russia’s largest city, with more than 12 million people, has…
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NYC clinics set to start ‘self-swab’ coronavirus tests
New York City-run health clinics will soon take a new tack on coronavirus testing, using a procedure that lets people collect samples themselves at a health care worker’s direction, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. He said the “self-swab” tests…
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