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US Becomes 1st Country To Approve Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine

US Becomes 1st Country To Approve Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine

Drugmaker GSK's Arexvy was green-lighted for adults aged 60 and older, with similar shots from other makers including Pfizer and Moderna expected to follow soon.

CBI suspends all key activity after membership exodus during day of chaos

CBI suspends all key activity after membership exodus during day of chaos

Corporate names from across business and industry quit or suspended collaboration with the employers' group after a fresh allegation of sexual misconduct.

Which businesses have quit or suspended membership of the CBI?

Which businesses have quit or suspended membership of the CBI?

A flood of companies announced they were either leaving the CBI or suspending their membership after a series of allegations of sexual misconduct against staff.

CBI suspends key activities after rape and sex assault allegations

CBI suspends key activities after rape and sex assault allegations

The CBI says it is suspending key activities until June after a number of firms quit the business group following allegations of rape and sexual assault.

Doctor's death due to AstraZeneca Covid vaccine reaction - inquest

Doctor's death due to AstraZeneca Covid vaccine reaction - inquest

The death of a doctor after his Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab was due to "unintended complications of the vaccine", an inquest has ruled.

COVID testing tsar Sir John Bell quits board of Oxford spinout vehicle OSE

COVID testing tsar Sir John Bell quits board of Oxford spinout vehicle OSE

Professor Sir John Bell, a founding director of Oxford Science Enterprises, has resigned amid a slew of boardroom changes at the company.

New York Times sues EU over von der Leyen’s Pfizer texts

New York Times sues EU over von der Leyen’s Pfizer texts

The messages could shed light on deals to buy billions of euros worth of COVID-19 vaccines.

Jeremy Hunt offers hope on pay settlements but rules out feeding inflation

Jeremy Hunt offers hope on pay settlements but rules out feeding inflation

Jeremy Hunt tells Sky News that to loosen the purse strings significantly would exacerbate the inflation problem and keep interest rates higher for longer.

Technology can help the NHS, says AstraZeneca boss

Technology can help the NHS, says AstraZeneca boss

The chairman of Covid vaccine giant AstraZeneca has said that investment in technology can help the NHS cut costs.

Activists urge for equitable, global Covid vaccine access at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2021.

Covid-19 Drugmakers Pressured Twitter to Censor Activists Pushing for Generic Vaccine

In mid-December 2020, Nina Morschhaeuser, a lobbyist for Twitter in Europe, emailed colleagues with a dire warning. The drugmaker BioNTech, along with the German government, had contacted her with news of an imminent “campaign targeting ...

Oxford University spinouts chief leaves months after £250m share sale

Oxford University spinouts chief leaves months after £250m share sale

Alexis Dormandy is to step down as chief executive of Oxford Science Enterprises just two years after joining amid rumours of tensions at the academic spinout investor.

US Blacklists China's Chipmaker Firm, Crackdowns On AI Chip Sector

US Blacklists China's Chipmaker Firm, Crackdowns On AI Chip Sector

YMTC, long in the crosshairs of the U.S. government, will be added to the list over fears it could divert U.S. technology to previously blacklisted Chinese tech giants Huawei and Hikvision.

US aims to hobble China’s chip industry with sweeping new rules

US aims to hobble China’s chip industry with sweeping new rules

The host of measures could amount to the biggest shift in US policy on shipping technology to China since the 1990s and could set Chinese chip makers back by years.

GSK poaches Burberry CFO to create all-female top team

GSK poaches Burberry CFO to create all-female top team

Julie Brown, a former AstraZeneca executive, will be unveiled next week as the new chief financial officer of GSK, the £53bn drugs giant.

EU stonewalls over von der Leyen’s role in multibillion-euro Pfizer vaccine deal

EU stonewalls over von der Leyen’s role in multibillion-euro Pfizer vaccine deal

European Court of Auditors accuses Commission of refusing to release details of how the bloc’s biggest vaccine contract was negotiated.

UK has missed chances to prepare for future pandemics, says ex-vaccines tsar

UK has missed chances to prepare for future pandemics, says ex-vaccines tsar

Kate Bingham suggests lessons not learned about need for scientific and commercial expertise in government

Boris Johnson's Three Years, Studded With One Scandal After Another

Boris Johnson's Three Years, Studded With One Scandal After Another

Boris Johnson bowed to the inevitable after the mass resignation of members of his government, including Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, as a mounting number of Conservative MPs launched excoriating public attacks on his judgmen...

British taxpayers take stake in sex party planning firm Killing Kittens

British taxpayers take stake in sex party planning firm Killing Kittens

Company given support from fund set up by government to provide loans to startups during pandemic

Prince Charles tells Commonwealth of sorrow over slavery

Prince Charles tells Commonwealth of sorrow over slavery

Prince Charles has told Commonwealth leaders he cannot describe "the depths of his personal sorrow" at the suffering caused by the slave trade.

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: The battle for compensation

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: The battle for compensation

A group of 95 people who developed health problems or lost relatives as a result of rare side-effects of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine say they have been let down by the "out-of-date" government payment scheme.

Girls do like hard maths, says children’s commissioner for England

Girls do like hard maths, says children’s commissioner for England

Rachel de Souza says lack of female role models a bigger issue, after social mobility head said girls would ‘rather not’ do hard maths

Boris Johnson critic Jeremy Wright knighted in birthday honours

Boris Johnson critic Jeremy Wright knighted in birthday honours

Euan Blair is awarded MBE, Arelene Foster becomes dame, and Rio Ferdinand and Damian Lewis recognised

Jack Hurn: Man's AstraZeneca jab death followed out-of-date advice

Jack Hurn: Man's AstraZeneca jab death followed out-of-date advice

A graduate died from a rare complication of the AstraZeneca vaccine after being given out-of-date advice, an inquest has heard.

Pfizer accused of Covid profiteering as first-quarter sales hit $26bn

Pfizer accused of Covid profiteering as first-quarter sales hit $26bn

Pharma firm criticised over pricing and for keeping monopoly control over vaccine and new Paxlovid pill

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Paper straws found to contain long-lasting and potentially toxic chemicals - study

FTX's Bankman-Fried headed for jail after judge revokes bail

Blackrock gets half a trillion dollar deal to rebuild Ukraine

Steve Jobs' Son Launches Venture Capital Firm With $200 Million For Cancer Treatments

Greek PM offers tourists affected by wildfires a free stay in Rhodes next year.

Google reshuffles Assistant unit, lays off some staffers, to 'supercharge' products with A.I.

End of Viagra? FDA approved a gel against erectile dysfunction

UK sanctions Russians judges over dual British national Kara-Murza's trial

US restricts visa-free travel for Hungarian passport holders because of security concerns

America's First New Nuclear Reactor in Nearly Seven Years Begins Operations

Southeast Asia moves closer to economic unity with new regional payments system

Political leader from South Africa, Julius Malema, led violent racist chants at a massive rally on Saturday

Today Hunter Biden’s best friend and business associate, Devon Archer, testified that Joe Biden met in Georgetown with Russian Moscow Mayor's Wife Yelena Baturina who later paid Hunter Biden $3.5 million in so called “consulting fees”

How “peacekeepers” at the UN spend our American tax dollars.

'I am not your servant': IndiGo crew member, passenger get into row over airline meal

Singapore Carries Out First Execution of a Woman in Two Decades Amid Capital Punishment Debate

Spanish Citizenship Granted to Iranian chess player who removed hijab

US Senate Republican Mitch McConnell freezes up, leaves press conference

Speaker McCarthy says the United States House of Representatives is getting ready to impeach Joe Biden.

San Francisco car crash

This camera man is a genius

3D ad in front of Burj Khalifa

Next level gaming

Google testing journalism AI. We are doing it already 2 years, and without Google biased propoganda and manipulated censorship

Unlike illegal imigrants coming by boats - US Citizens Will Need Visa To Travel To Europe in 2024

Musk announces Twitter name and logo change to X.com

The future of sport

New York City Agrees to Compensate Demonstrators Subjected to Excessive Force and Unlawful Arrests Amidst Widespread Protests

Paul Simon: "I can't perform anymore due to hearing loss"

The politician and the journalist lost control and started fighting on live broadcast.

The future of sports

Unveiling the Black Hole: The Mysterious Fate of EU's Aid to Ukraine

Farewell to a Music Titan: Tony Bennett, Renowned Jazz and Pop Vocalist, Passes Away at 96

Alarming Behavior Among Florida's Sharks Raises Concerns Over Possible Cocaine Exposure

Transgender Exclusion in Miss Italy Stirs Controversy Amidst Changing Global Beauty Pageant Landscape

Joe Biden admitted, in his own words, that he delivered what he promised in exchange for the $10 million bribe he received from the Ukraine Oil Company.

Swedish Embassy in Baghdad Engulfed in Flames Amidst a Firestorm of Protests

TikTok Takes On Spotify And Apple, Launches Own Music Service

Global Trend: Using Anti-Fake News Laws as Censorship Tools - A Deep Dive into Tunisia's Scenario

Arresting Putin During South African Visit Would Equate to War Declaration, Asserts President Ramaphosa

House of Commons rejects nine significant amendments from the Unelected, Privilaged House of Lord - Overturn Crucial Migration Bill Amendments in a Bid to Curb Unauthorized Maritime Immigration

Hacktivist Collective Anonymous Launches 'Project Disclosure' to Unearth Information on UFOs and ETIs

Typo sends millions of US military emails to Russian ally Mali

Muslim Tycoon Asif Aziz Receives Approval for the Transformation of the iconic London Trocadero Landmark into Mosque

Server Arrested For Theft After Refusing To Pay A Table's $100 Restaurant Bill When They Dined & Dashed

The Changing Face of Europe: How Mass Migration is Reshaping the Political Landscape

China Urges EU to Clarify Strategic Partnership Amid Trade Tensions

Europe is boiling: Extreme Weather Conditions Prevail Across the Continent

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Hospitalized Due to Dehydration Amidst Summer Heatwave