Category Archives: Syndicated
U.S. FDA gives broader approval to GSK’s Zejula for ovarian cancer
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared expanded use of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Zejula as a first option to keep advanced ovarian cancer at bay in women ...
Apr 29, 2020
Senate Democrat says Republican leader’s plan to resume work puts lives in danger
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate Democrat on Wednesday accused Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of endangering the lives of Senate staff if he brings them back to work ...
Apr 29, 2020
Slovenia to ease coronavirus restrictions, gradually reopen schools
By Marja Novak LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia will from Thursday lift a restriction imposed at the end of March that prohibited citizens from travelling outside their local municipalities, Prime Minis...
Apr 29, 2020
Bolivia extends coronavirus lockdown until May 10
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia will extend its lockdown against the COVID-19 pandemic until May 10, the government announced on Wednesday, while planning to relax stay-at-home rules in parts of the countr...
Apr 29, 2020
What is at stake as the Supreme Court weighs the future of immigrant ‘Dreamers’
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide the legality of President Donald Trump's decision to end a program offering work permits and deportation relief to immigran...
Apr 29, 2020
CDC reports 1,005,147 coronavirus cases, 57,505 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 1,005,147 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 23,901 cases from its previous count, and said the number...
Apr 29, 2020
Brazil to deploy troops to protect Amazon as deforestation surges
By Eduardo Simes and Jake Spring SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil plans to deploy its armed forces to fight deforestation and fires in the Amazon jungle, Vice President Hamilton Mouro said on Wed...
Apr 29, 2020
U.S. coronavirus outbreak soon to be deadlier than any flu since 1967 as deaths top 60,000
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 60,000 on Wednesday and the outbreak will soon be deadlier than any flu season since 1967, according to a Reuters tally. Amer...
Apr 29, 2020
Recurring virus outbreaks make events unpredictable: USOPC
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) warned on Wednesday that recurrent outbreaks of COVID-19 will make staging events more unpredictable while athle...
Apr 29, 2020
EU’s Gentiloni urges Europe to get recovery plan for second half of 2020
PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's recovery plan should be ready to kick in in the second half of the year and not drag on until December or later, European Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Wednesday. In ...
Apr 29, 2020
