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Moderna Inc. said late Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate has potential to confer longer-term immunity, and that it expects to have 20 million doses of the trial vaccine at hand in the U.S. this year. Moderna said that according to a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases study, participants in an earlier trial stage of the

Aviation industry opposition to requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for passengers has intensified as impending drug approvals trigger a debate over their role in air travel. Airports Council International, which represents airports worldwide, joined most airlines in calling for a choice between testing or vaccination, fearing a blanket rule imposing

Facebook / 1300Koalaz A family in Adelaide Hills returned to their home to find a koala perched on the Christmas tree in their living room. The owner found the juvenile koala sitting in the plastic tree, surrounded by baubles, stars and snowflakes. 1 of 2 Facebook / 1300Koalaz Facebook / 1300Koalaz Speaking on ABC Radio Adelaide, Amanda McCormick explained

FILE PHOTO: A man demonstrates as Greenpeace stages a climate protest at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in Schiphol, Netherlands December 14, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo “Today, we are taking the lead with an ambitious new target to reduce our emissions by 2030, faster than any major economy, with our Ten Point Plan helping us on our

A draft law will be unveiled next year by the European Commission to limit the influence of state actors on elections in Europe. “I don’t want elections to be a competition in dirty methods,” said the EU’s Vera Jourova. The European Commission has said that it will look to “impose a cost” on those who spread fake news. The EU executive’s vice president,

The EU says its own procedure has been more thorough Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious diseases expert, and the EU have criticised UK regulators  for the swift approval of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine,  after the authorisation was announced in London on Wednesday. Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said 

Health workers train at an isolation centre in Bole Chefe, near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 13 February 2020. As part of Ethiopia’s COVID-19 preparedness one isolation and two treatment centres with a total bed capacity of 109 have been established. ..Ethiopia is strengthening surveillance, diagnostics and medical care and public health information in

French Prime Minister announced that the country will ensure free COVID-19 vaccinations for all in its social security system and has earmarked some 1.5 billion euros of next year’s social security budget to cover the cost. Prime Minister Castex, who unveiled France’s vaccination strategy alongside several ministers of his government, confirmed the

Photo by Gabriella Clare Marino on Unsplash Italy registered a record of 993 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours on Thursday. This is the highest daily toll since the outbreak, according to the Italian health ministry. Some 347 people died of coronavirus in Lombardy in the last 24 hours. There were 23,225 new coronavirus cases on Thursday,

Germany extended restrictive measures designed to stem a tide of new Covid-19 infections until January 10, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday after talks with German state leaders. The measures, which had been due to expire on December 20, include keeping restaurants and hotels shut and limiting private gatherings to five people from two households