MAY 9, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci. - AP/Pool
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said Sunday that the U.S. is unlikely to see a surge of COVID-19 infections over the fall and winter like it did last year, pointing to the widespread availability of vaccines as a "game changer" that would prevent future surges.
"Well, the fact that...
MAY 7, 2021
Coronavirus Outbreak In India. - Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto/Getty
Delhi — India continues to break records for new COVID-19 infections and deaths. On Friday the Health Ministry said 414,188 new cases were confirmed and 3,915 more deaths added to the country's toll, which brought the total number of fatalities blamed on the coronavirus in India to more than 234,000.
The...
MAY 6, 2021
Director-General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. - Pool/Reuters
The Biden administration’s support of a petition to ease patent protections for vaccines elevated the global battle against the coronavirus as a central plank of U.S. foreign policy, but myriad hurdles remain before that stance could become international policy — if ever.
As a result, it could be...
MAY 6, 2021
The contrast could hardly be sharper.
Receiving oxygen treatments for Covid-19 last month in Delhi. - Atul Loke / NY Times
In much of the developed world, vaccine orders are soaring into the billions of doses, Covid-19 cases are easing, economies are poised to roar to life and people are busy lining up summer vacations. In many less...
MAY 5, 2021
Bill and Melinda Gates. - Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Bill and Melinda Gates' split is the latest high-profile divorce, which are unique in some ways.
Billionaires tend to settle out of court and their lifestyles are less affected by the results.
People, no matter their wealth, tend to divorce for the same reasons.
When Bill and Melinda Gates...
MAY 5, 2021
A federal judge has accused the Justice Department and then-Attorney General William P. Barr of misleading the court and public to hide how he decided that President Donald Trump should not be charged with obstructing special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of Washington ordered the release Monday of a 2019...
MAY 5, 2021
Donald J. Trump was barred from Facebook on Jan. 7 after he used the site to foment an insurrection in Washington. - Erin Schaff / NY Times
SAN FRANCISCO — A Facebook-appointed panel of journalists, activists and lawyers on Wednesday upheld the social network’s ban of former President Donald J. Trump, ending any immediate return by Mr....
MAY 5, 2021
Canada is authorizing the use of Pfizer Inc's Covid-19 vaccine for use in children aged 12 to 15, the first doses to be allowed for people that young, the federal health ministry said on Wednesday.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to take a similar step "very soon," U.S. health officials said.
Supriya Sharma, a senior adviser...
MAY 5, 2021
The IT major said that its initiatives have been developed per “guidance of external experts and groups” including international and domestic health authorities. (Image: Shutterstock)
“Safety and well-being of our people continues to be our top priority and we are providing care, support and access to vaccines for our eligible people in India who are facing an unprecedented...
MAY 5, 2021
NEW DELHI, INDIA - MAY 04 : People wearing protective face masks wait to receive a dose of COVISHIELD, a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, at a vaccination center in New Delhi, India on May 04, 2021. (Photo by Imtiyaz Khan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
As more and more people get Covid-19 in...
