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No export prohibitions on COVID-19 vaccines, says WH
The Biden administration on Thursday ruled out that it has imposed any kind of restrictions on export of COVID-19 vaccines, amidst reports that...
EU regulator nod to Johnson and Johnson’s one-shot vaccine
The European Medicines Agency has authorised Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose coronavirus vaccine, giving the European Union’s 27 nations a fourth...
Denmark, Norway, Iceland suspend AstraZeneca shots
Denmark, Norway and Iceland on Thursday temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine over concerns about patients developing post-jab blood...
Why do the extinct Tasmanian Tigers keep popping up?
The Tasmanian tiger is still extinct. Reports of its enduring survival are greatly exaggerated. Known officially to science as a thylacine, the large...
Radiation concerns, a decade after Fukushima
As Japan marks the 10-year anniversary of the most destructive natural disaster in its recorded history and the nuclear accident that it triggered,...
WHO still wrestling with its COVID response
US President Joe Biden’s support for the WHO might provide a breather of sorts, but the agency faces a monumental task ahead as it tries to project...
Libyan women want progress after appointment of first female foreign...
Libya’s first woman foreign minister, Najla el-Mangoush, will be sworn in next week as part of a new unity government, a rare female voice at the top...
Americans seek compensation for failed COVID-19 treatments from U.S....
In March of last year, Steve Cicala took his wife, Susan, to the emergency room at Clara Maass Medical Center in New Jersey to treat a worsening cough...