Argentina on Thursday began distributing the first batch of more than one million doses of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine produced domestically. The South American country announced in June that a local pharmaceutical company would manufacture the vaccine using an antigen provided by the Moscow-based maker of Sputnik. So far Laboratorios Richmond, the pharmaceutical […]
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Mercury Retrograde Starts Again On May 29: Here’s How Air Signs Will Be Affected
On May 29, while the United States will be busy celebrating Memorial Day Weekend, the universe at large will have other plans. Mercury goes retrograde on the 29th, and for those who believe in astrology, this is traditionally the start of a period of time full of technological glitches, communication hiccups, and travel confusion (via […]
Brazil starts vaccination campaign two days early
Authorities in Brazil, hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, will roll out a nationwide vaccination campaign Monday, two days earlier than announced. The accelerated push comes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and mounting impatience in states including Sao Paulo, which has already launched its own inoculation drive. Brazil’s Anvisa regulatory agency on Sunday approved the […]
Rural kids carrying handguns is ‘not uncommon’ and starts as early as sixth grade
Roughly one-third of young males and 1 in 10 females in rural communities have carried a handgun, reports a new University of Washington study. And, the study found, many of those rural kids started carrying as early as the sixth grade. “This is one of the first longitudinal studies of rural adolescent handgun carrying across […]
Transgender 12-year-old starts transition after feeling she was in 'wrong body'
Ash Lammin says she felt that she was a girl as soon as she could speak. The 12-year-old, from Kent, says that it has been difficult growing up as a transgender girl but feels that she is firmly on the right path. Now Ash is beginning to transition her gender from male to female at […]
Methadone for cancer: a First clinical study starts
A few years ago had been shown in the laboratory that methadone makes cancer cells more sensitive to chemotherapy, and they can die off faster. Since the topic is being discussed in the media and among experts hot now to clear up a by the German cancer aid-funded clinical study, whether the use of methadone […]