EPA Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine while urging others eligible to “take this injection”. “This is very very helpful, very good,” he said as he was given the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab at a facility in the Indian city of Dharamsala on Saturday. The Dalai Lama had […]
People kept taking my picture. They asked to grab photos while I waited in line, snuck quick shots they thought I didn’t notice, and brazenly pointed their phone at me as I passed them. Not that I could blame them ― I would probably take a picture, too. After all, it’s not every day you […]
Several orangutans and bonobos at the San Diego Zoo are being celebrated as the world’s first great apes to receive a COVID-19 vaccine that was made specifically for animals. The four orangutans and five bonobos at the zoo received two doses of an experimental vaccine last month that was specially made by a veterinary pharmaceutical […]
EPA More than 20 million people in the UK have now had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. Prime Minister Boris Johnson called it a “huge national achievement” and said “every jab makes a difference in our battle against Covid”. The latest government figures show 20,089,551 people in the UK have now had a […]
Getty Images Almost half of people with potential cancer symptoms did not contact their GP during the first wave of the pandemic, a survey suggests. Symptoms left unchecked included coughing up blood, lumps and changes to the appearance of moles. NHS figures showed a fall in referrals to cancer services last spring. But this study, […]
This week Ghana received the first COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered through the COVAX program, which aims to help low- and middle-income countries get access to the vaccines. The first-of-its-kind delivery is a major milestone in the global pandemic. Today the country received 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, according to a UNICEF press release. […]
Getty Images Healthy, young volunteers will be infected with coronavirus to test vaccines and treatments in the world’s first Covid-19 “human challenge” study, which will take place in the UK. The study, which has received ethics approval, will start in the next few weeks and recruit 90 people aged 18-30. They will be exposed to […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] The coronavirus was widespread in the UK earlier than initially thought. Health
[unable to retrieve full-text content] With a gaping void of trust between Indigenous communities and the government — chiefs, MPPs, and other leaders are stepping in. Health
[unable to retrieve full-text content] The new mid-stage trial will determine whether the coronavirus vaccine is effective on people between the ages of 6 and 17. Health
Katy Perry, who welcomed her first child, Daisy Dove, with fiancé Orlando Bloom in August 2020, wishes we were all a little more open about how rough things can be after giving birth—emotionally and physically. “What I will tell you is, nobody talks about the first six weeks after you have the baby,” Perry said […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Instead, the company is joining Coca-Cola and Pepsi by donating money to COVID-19 vaccination awareness efforts. Health
This week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first long-acting HIV treatment. The new drug is administered as a monthly injection, and can be used as an alternative to daily antiretroviral pills. There is currently no cure for HIV, but antiretroviral therapy can significantly reduce and even suppress the amount of the virus […]
PA Media Nearly two million people in the UK have received their first dose of a Covid vaccine in the past week, government figures show. By the end of Tuesday 4.61 million people had received their initial jab, up from 2.64 million the week before. The government is aiming to offer a vaccine to all […]
WASHINGTON — Just a half-mile from where President Donald Trump is spending his final night in the White House, twin rows of lights on the National Mall marked the first inaugural event of his successor — an implicit rebuke of Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the 400,000 Americans it has already killed. At […]