FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoWASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday that U.S. President Joe Biden has yet to make a final decision on who to nominate to lead the […]
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Italy health ministry recommends J&J vaccine for over 60s
FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” and sryinge are seen in front of displayed Johnson&Johnson logo in this illustration taken, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationROME (Reuters) – Italy’s health ministry on Tuesday recommended that the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine be used for people over the age of 60, after Europe’s drugs regulator said […]
AstraZeneca ceo says committed to supply COVAX, calls for open borders
FILE PHOTO: Pascal Soriot, chief executive officer of pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, attends an interview with Reuters in Shanghai, China November 4, 2019. Picture taken November 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brenda GohGENEVA (Reuters) – The ceo of Astrazeneca Pascal Soriot said on Thursday that although the Anglo-Swedish company had hit “bumps on the road” it had been able […]
New protocols, vaccine supplies to boost Italy's vaccination campaign: minister to paper
FILE PHOTO: A health worker stands in front of a woman who waits to receive a dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Bergamo, Italy, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Flavio Lo ScalzoROME (Reuters) – A series of new rules and the supply of new doses will boost Italy’s vaccination campaign, allowing the government to lift […]
Mexico's confirmed coronavirus death toll rises to 169,760 – health ministry
A crematorium employee stands near the body of a person who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Municipal Cemetery in Nezahualcoyotl, State of Mexico, Mexico February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Henry RomeroMEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s health ministry on Wednesday reported 1,328 new confirmed deaths from COVID-19, bringing the total to 169,760. The government says […]
What It’s Like to Do Contact Tracing, America’s Hottest New Job
One of the ways to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19 is to use contact tracing to identify people who may have been exposed to a person with the illness. So hopeful are experts that this will help, that city and state health departments are hiring thousands of people to do this job. According […]
Many of America’s most critical workers are short on sleep
More than one-third of working Americans don’t get enough sleep, and the problem is greatest among the police, the military, health care workers and truckers, researchers report. Their analysis of data from more than 150,000 employed adults between 2010 and 2018 also found that the rate of inadequate sleep (7 hours or less) rose from […]