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Delta increases COVID-19 risks for pregnant women; Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine antibodies gone by 7 months for many
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certifie...
Oct 01, 2021
Nigeria gets $400 million in World Bank financing for COVID-19
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria got approval on Friday for $400 million in World Bank financing to procure and deploy COVID-19 vaccinations, the bank said in a statement. The World Bank board of directors s...
Oct 01, 2021
Bulgaria centre-right party endorses university rector for president
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party on Friday endorsed a university rector to run for president in a contest to be held in tandem with a parliamentary election aimed at building a wor...
Oct 01, 2021
Bayer recalls some lots of Lotrimin, Tinactin antifungal sprays
(Reuters) - Bayer said on Friday it was recalling some lots of Lotrimin AF and Tinactin antifungal spray products, due to the presence of benzene in some samples. The company said it decided to volunt...
Oct 01, 2021
Tunisia’s Ghannouchi says Parliament is in permanent session, calls on MPs to resume work
CAIRO (Reuters) - Tunisia's parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi said on Friday that the parliament suspended by the president was in permanent session, and called on its members to resume work. "The ...
Oct 01, 2021
Fed’s Mester repeats first rate hike could come at the end of 2022
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's conditions for raising interest rates could be met by the end of 2022, Cleveland Fed Bank President Loretta Mester said on Friday, adding that she expects in...
Oct 01, 2021
Infowars founder Jones who claimed Sandy Hook shooting was hoax loses defamation cases
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist and founder of the right-wing website Infowars, has been found liable for damages in a trio of defamation lawsuits filed after he falsely c...
Oct 01, 2021
FDA advisory panel to discuss J&J, Moderna booster shots this month
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that an advisory panel of its experts would hold meetings later this month to discuss authorizing booster doses of Moderna Inc and John...
Oct 01, 2021
Soccer-‘Stop attacking our children’: Sparta Prague condemn reports of Kamara abuse
(Reuters) - Sparta Prague have hit out at media reports that Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara was targeted by sections of a crowd comprising mainly schoolchildren during Thursday's 1-0 Europa League hom...
Oct 01, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 death toll hits 700,000
By Shaina Ahluwalia and Lasya Priya M (Reuters) - The United States surpassed 700,000 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as officials roll out booster doses of vaccine...
Oct 01, 2021
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