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Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine submitted for EU approval

Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 11:10 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The European Medicines Agency said AstraZeneca and Oxford University have submitted an application for their Covid-19 vaccine to be licensed across the European Union.  In a statement...

Updated: Indonesia jet carrying 62 goes missing on domestic flight

Saturday, 9 January 2021, 14:28 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia's capital on Saturday on a domestic flight, officials said. Indonesian...

A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets

Saturday, 9 January 2021, 10:51 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

@realDonaldTrump, the Twitter feed that grew from the random musings of a reality TV star into the cudgel of an American president, has died. It was not quite 12 years old.  The provocative...

President Trump won't attend Joe Biden's inauguration

Friday, 8 January 2021, 18:51 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

President Donald Trump said Friday he won’t attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, undercutting his message a day earlier that he would work to ensure a “smooth,...

EU regulators OK increasing doses from virus vaccine vials

Friday, 8 January 2021, 15:33 Last update: about 7 years ago

The European Union's drug agency on Friday approved doctors drawing one more dose from each vial of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech, in a move that — combined with the purchase...

Pfizer study suggests vaccine works against virus variant

Friday, 8 January 2021, 13:26 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

New research suggests that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in two highly contagious variants of the coronavirus that erupted in Britain and South...

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