NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) – The chief of India’s top clinical research agency said in a leaked letter circulated on Friday it envisaged launching a novel coronavirus vaccine by Aug. 15, prompting derision from some health experts who questioned the timeline. Dozens of vaccine candidates are at various stages of development…

Thodys mom has an autoimmune disease, and she babysits while Thody is at work. She said she was really unsure about returning until she saw the full extent of the safety precautions. Londoners are still urged to wash hands frequently and diligently, and to keep a distance of two metres…

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Electronic waste grew 21 percent in five years  Illegal e-waste dumping grounds in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. Photo by Bruce Yan / South China Morning Post via Getty Images 2019 set a record for the amount of e-waste ever generated worldwide: 53.6 million metric tons of discarded phones, computers, appliances,…

New Zealands top health official stepped down on Thursday following a relatively minor scandal that shows the enormous difference in how the U.S. and other wealthy countries are dealing with the covid-19 pandemic. New Zealands health minister, Dr. David Clark, announced his resignation after he mistakenly allowed two visitors from…

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s embattled Health Minister resigned on Thursday after security slip-ups at quarantine facilities where the coronavirus was detected just days after officials declared it had been eliminated from the country. David Clark was also under fire for personally breaching strict lockdown rules twice earlier in the…

WELLINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s health minister, David Clark, resigned on Thursday, following recent slip ups in the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and personal mistakes. “It has become increasingly clear to me that my continuation in the role is distracting for the government’s overall response to…

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair (RYA.I) used its return to a more regular schedule on Wednesday to pile pressure on its home market of Ireland to ease travel restrictions in a debate that has pitted airline bosses against increasingly cautious health officials. Ireland’s then caretaker government said last week it planned…

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