Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Cuomo orders New York City restaurants to suspend indoor dining, effective Monday
(Reuters) - Indoor dining in New York City will come to a halt on Monday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, as COVID-19 hospitalizations fail to stabilize and the infection rate rises. The governor acknowle...
Dec 11, 2020
WHO expects decisions on Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines in weeks
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization expects to make decisions on whether to give emergency use approval to COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca in coming weeks, its chie...
Dec 11, 2020
Five key severe COVID-19 genes found, suggesting drug targets
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Five key genes are linked with the most severe form of COVID-19, scientists said on Friday, in research that also pointed to several existing drugs that could be rep...
Dec 11, 2020
U.S. Senate advances massive defense bill, despite Trump veto threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate threw its weight behind the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a $740 billion bill setting policy for the Department of Defense, voting by a larg...
Dec 11, 2020
Trump administration ready to ‘enhance’ Pfizer, Moderna vaccine production -Azar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is ready to leverage federal authority to help Pfizer Inc and Moderna boost their COVID-19 manufacturing capabilities, U.S. Health and Human Services Se...
Dec 11, 2020
Explainer-Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?
(Reuters) - Britain became the first country to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech on Dec. 8 after final late-stage trial results showed it was 95% effective in prevent...
Dec 11, 2020
Former Hong Kong lawmaker urges U.S. to punish China’s ‘ATM’: the banking sector
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should target Hong Kong's financial sector with tougher sanctions to deprive China from its 'ATM' and to force Beijing to the negotiating tabl...
Dec 11, 2020
Rising death toll tempers U.S. enthusiasm over coming COVID vaccine
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A mounting U.S. death toll has tempered enthusiasm about the coming COVID-19 vaccine with 9/11-like fatalities projected every day for the months ahead, even with a rapid ...
Dec 11, 2020
U.S. to approve of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in coming days -Azar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. approval of Pfizer Inc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine should come within days, with the first Americans getting immunized as early as Monday or Tuesday, U.S. Health and Hu...
Dec 11, 2020
U.S. FDA says working to issue emergency authorization for Pfizer vaccine fast
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it would work rapidly toward finalization and issuance of an emergency use authorization for Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine. A panel of ...
Dec 11, 2020
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