Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Greece tightens COVID-19 curbs in west Athens boroughs
ATHENS (Reuters) - Lockdown restrictions will tighten in parts of western Athens from Friday to contain a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, authorities said. Greece has seen a rapid rise in infections sin...
Dec 17, 2020
Alphabet’s Verily raises $700 million in funding round
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's life sciences division, Verily Life Sciences LLC, said it raised $700 million in a funding round from its investors including Alphabet, Silver Lake and Temasek. The company ...
Dec 17, 2020
US Senate’s Schumer: no hurdles that can’t be overcome in coronavirus aid talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday there are no insurmountable barriers in the current negotiations among lawmakers on coronavirus relief. "None of the re...
Dec 17, 2020
Mexico hopes to ink CanSino COVID-19 vaccine contract by next week
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The Mexican government hopes to finalize a contract with China's CanSino Biologics Inc for a first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses next week, a top health ministry official said...
Dec 17, 2020
Oxford says vaccine has good immune response with two-dose regimen
By Reuters Staff LONDON (Reuters) - Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine candidate has a better immune response when a two full-dose regimen is used rather than a full-dose followed by a half-dose booster, the u...
Dec 17, 2020
Turkey’s daily COVID-19 deaths at record high 243 -health ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's daily coronavirus death toll hit a record high of 243 in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Thursday, bringing the total so far to 17,364. Turkey also reco...
Dec 17, 2020
EU envoys to discuss Brexit at 0830 GMT Friday -diplomatic sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The 27 national envoys to European Union hub Brussels will get an update on the latest in the trade talks with Britain at 0830 GMT on Friday, diplomatic sources in the bloc said. ...
Dec 17, 2020
NFL: Former Ravens RB Taliaferro dies at 28
Former Baltimore Ravens running back Lorenzo Taliaferro has died at age 28, the team announced Thursday. Taliaferro passed away in his hometown of Williamsburg, Va. A family member told WBFF-TV in Bal...
Dec 17, 2020
Pfizer has not yet applied for emergency use of vaccine in Brazil, agency says
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Pfizer has not yet applied for emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil, health regulator Anvisa said on Thursday, adding that the company has not yet provided enough...
Dec 17, 2020
Rome homeless send sunflowers to pope on 84th birthday
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Rome's homeless sent sunflowers to Pope Francis for his 84th birthday on Thursday and the pontiff marked the day by sending four ventilators to hospitals in Venezuela, the Vat...
Dec 17, 2020
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