HARRISBURG — A state lawmaker who was elected to serve as the Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus chairman in the 2020-21 session has died, the House GOP leader said Saturday. Rep. Mike Reese, 42, who represented Westmoreland and Somerset Counties, “died peacefully with his family by his side Saturday afternoon at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital in … Read more
Brazilian clinical trials of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine have been suspended after authorities reported a “serious incident”. The health regulatory center in Brazil, Anvisa, said that the incident was registered on October 29, but did not provide more details. The latest phase of Sinovac vaccine testing is also being carried out in Indonesia and Turkey. … Read more
Covid tests for students in England, so they can go home safely for Christmas, could begin on 30 November, according to a letter from the universities minister to vice chancellors. A week of mass testing is proposed that overlaps with the end of the lockdown – between 30 November and 6 December. The letter, seen … Read more
A mutant form of coronavirus found in Danish mink has arisen before, scientists have revealed. The mutated virus, which appears to have spread from animals to humans in Denmark, has been detected retrospectively at a mink farm in the Netherlands, according to a leading Dutch expert. The mink were culled and the mutation did not … Read more
Carson went to Walter Reed Army Medical Center after experiencing symptoms. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson tested positive for Covid-19 Monday morning, a HUD official confirmed to POLITICO. Carson went to Walter Reed Army Medical Center “briefly” after experiencing symptoms, said the official, who declined to discuss which symptoms the secretary had. He … Read more
Making another antibody can include a large number of individuals more than quite a while. This is what it takes to deliver another FDA-affirmed immunization. (John Farrell/The Washington Post) The United States outperformed 10 million Covid cases on Monday, only 10 days subsequent to hitting 9 million. The normal number of day by day new … Read more
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The World Health Organization’s chief called Monday on everyone to keep fighting COVID-19, warning that while we may be sick of battling the pandemic, the virus is “not tired of us.” Speaking to WHO’s main annual assembly, which resumed Monday after being cut short in May, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also hailed the … Read more
The Styria region prosecutors’ office said it was carrying out investigations against more than 70 suspects and against several associations which are suspected of belonging to and supporting the terrorists. Austrian police launched raids on more than 60 addresses allegedly linked to radical Islamists in four different regions Monday, with orders given for 30 suspects … Read more
The country reported a record 131,420 COVID-19 cases on Saturday and has reported over 100,000 infections four times in the past seven days, according to a Reuters tally. The United States became the first nation worldwide since the pandemic began to surpass 10 million coronavirus infections, according to a Reuters tally on Sunday, as the third wave … Read more
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – When lifelong Democrat Mayra Gomez told her 21-year-old son five months ago that she was voting for Donald Trump in Tuesday’s presidential election, he cut her out of his life. “He specifically told me, ‘You are no longer my mother, because you are voting for Trump’,” Gomez, 41, a personal care … Read more