By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – NASA‘s Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology lab ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely […]
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Indonesian clerics declare Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine halal
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinovac Biotech is deemed halal, or permissible under Islam, the Indonesian Ulema Council said on Friday, days before the country is scheduled to […]
Expert views: China gives conditional approval to Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) – China approved its first COVID-19 vaccine for general public use on Thursday, a shot developed by an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, as it braces for greater […]
WHO does not envisage COVID-19 vaccines being made mandatory
GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) – The World Health Organization does not foresee countries making it mandatory for citizens to take the new COVID-19 vaccines which have been developed, an official said on […]
Breakthrough COVID vaccine tech could help defeat other diseases
By John Miller and Ludwig Burger ZURICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Breakthrough technology that transforms the body into a virus-zapping vaccine factory is poised to revolutionise the fight against COVID-19 but future […]
Scientists watch as China remote glaciers melt at ‘shocking’ pace
By Martin Quin Pollard QILIAN MOUNTAINS, China (Reuters) – Glaciers in China‘s bleak Qilian mountains are disappearing at a shocking rate as global warming brings unpredictable change and raises the prospect of crippling, long-term water […]
COVID vaccine deliveries on ice as AstraZeneca awaits trial data
By Pushkala Aripaka and Ludwig Burger (Reuters) – A summer dip in UK coronavirus infections has pushed back test results for AstraZenca’s potential COVID-19 vaccine, leading the drugmaker to delay deliveries of shots to […]
Protect nature or face deadlier pandemics than COVID-19, scientists warn
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) – Pandemics will emerge more often, spread faster, cost more and kill more people than COVID-19 without bold action to halt the habitat destruction that […]
COVID’s cognitive costs? Some patients’ brains may age 10 years
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – People recovering from COVID-19 may suffer significant brain function impacts, with the worst cases of the infection linked to mental decline equivalent to the […]
COVID-19 increases risks for cancer patients; common cold antibodies no help vs coronavirus
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, […]
