Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK researchers say lateral flow tests detect the most infectious COVID cases
LONDON (Reuters) - Rapid lateral flow tests will likely identify the most infectious COVID-19 cases with higher viral loads despite concerns over the overall sensitivity of the tests, Oxford Universit...
Jan 20, 2021
‘No evidence of decline’ in COVID-19 rates in England’s third lockdown
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A third pandemic lockdown appears to be having little impact on rates of COVID-19 in England, researchers warned on Thursday, with prevalence of the disease "very hi...
Jan 20, 2021
EU leaders convene amid vaccine delays, virus variant fears
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will on Thursday seek to address the coronavirus pandemic's mounting challenges, from containing more infectious variants to the threat...
Jan 20, 2021
U.S. CDC reports 400,306 deaths from the coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 24,135,690 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 153,106 from its previous count, and said the number...
Jan 20, 2021
Asian stocks set for strong start after day of gains on Wall Street
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian markets were set to rise on Thursday after U.S. stocks closed at record highs on hopes that newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden would put in place...
Jan 20, 2021
U.N. aid coordinator halts Venezuela cash transfer programs, sources say
CARACAS (Reuters) - The United Nations Office for Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs has halted programs in Venezuela that provide cash transfers to the poor via local nonprofit organizations, acco...
Jan 20, 2021
Conflicting COVID-19 results for Roche arthritis drug show more trials needed
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Larger trials are needed to assess whether Roche's arthritis drug tocilizumab can cut death rates among the sickest COVID-19 patients, scientists said on Wednesday, ...
Jan 20, 2021
Prosecutors accuse Bermuda’s ex-premier Brown of graft, pocketing millions
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Bermuda charged former Premier Ewart Brown with participating in a wide-ranging corruption scheme on Wednesday, accusing the ex-leader of pocketing million...
Jan 20, 2021
Massive iceberg continues losing mass as it swirls around South Georgia island
By Cassandra Garrison (Reuters) - A massive Antarctic iceberg that last month threatened a penguin-populated island off the southern tip of South America has since lost much of its mass and broken int...
Jan 20, 2021
IndiGo tightens grip in India and targets growth abroad
By Aditi Shah and Jamie Freed NEW DELHI/SYDNEY (Reuters) - India's IndiGo has emerged as one of the world's biggest airlines by capacity, aided by a swift recovery in the domestic aviation market to n...
Jan 20, 2021
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