Alaska health care worker suffers adverse reaction after COVID-19 vaccine

The woman had an allergic reaction within 10 minutes of receiving the shot. A health care worker in Alaska is doing “well” after suffering an adverse reaction minutes after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, officials said. The health care worker, who was identified as a … Read More

U.S. Treasury labels Switzerland, Vietnam as currency manipulators

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FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Treasury building is seen in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury labeled Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators on Wednesday and added three new names to a watch list of countries it suspects of taking … Read More

Biden’s pledges could spur more migration. But in a pandemic, the border is unprepared

LOS ANGELES/MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) – After spending eight months of 2019 in a makeshift tent camp in the dangerous Mexican border city of Matamoros, Israel Martinez abandoned his hopes of seeking asylum in the United States. Beaten down by the … Read More

Hunger study predicts 168,000 pandemic-linked child deaths

FILE – In this Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 file photo, two-year-old Akon Morro, who is anemic and suffers from edema due to malnutrition, sits on the floor of a feeding center in Al Sabah Children’s Hospital in the capital Juba, … Read More

German lockdown: Merkel announces tough new COVID curbs

posted in: Germany, News

Chancellor Angela Merkel has said stores, schools, and daycare centers will close in the run-up to Christmas. The new rules agreed with Germany’s 16 state leaders, will come into effect from Wednesday. Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that most stores … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 11 December 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, The news/talk station played an interesting ad this morning.  A friendly guy was talking about how he was always doing his best to “be safe” and keep everybody around him safe.  And how nice it was to … Read More

Devastated by Covid, Latin America is now unprepared for vaccine

With eight percent of the globe’s population and 30 percent of its Covid-19 deaths, Latin America is facing the pandemic’s next phase – mass vaccination – with alarm. HEALTHCARE WORKERS OF THE SAN JOSÉ HOSPITAL MOBILE UNIT TREAT VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS AT A CLOSED … Read More

FDA reports facial paralysis in 4 volunteers for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine

A new report by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators revealed that four volunteers for the COVID-19 experimental vaccine by Pfizer developed Bell’s Palsy after receiving vaccine shots, as per media reports. Bell’s palsy is a condition … Read More

Pope calls for greater cooperation to ensure the right of return of Middle Eastern refugees

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Pope calls for greater cooperation to ensure the right of return of Middle Eastern refugees Pope Francis has launched an appeal to the international community to make “every possible effort” to facilitate the return of refugees from Syria and Iraq … Read More

Cuomo suspends indoor dining in NYC, is backed by de Blasio

Takeout and outdoor dining will still be permitted. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday announced that indoor dining would be suspended again in New York City — marking the latest devastating blow for struggling businesses in the Big Apple. … Read More

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