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Catholics are advised not to receive the vaccine because Johnson & Johnson used cell lines from abortions in both testing and production of the new product, the Archdiocese said in a statement.  Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have utilized cell lines from abortions in testing their previously approved vaccines, but not in …

Johnson is expected to introduce a bill this spring mandating photo ID at polling stations across the UK – a Conservative Party campaign promise during the 2019 General Election. While Northern Ireland, like the Irish Republic, already requires voters to prove their identity, the rest of the UK has thus …

The US has now approved its third vaccine, with the J&J jab joining Pfizer and Moderna in the ongoing battle against the coronavirus. “The authorization of this vaccine expands the availability of vaccines, the best medical prevention method for Covid-19, to help us in the fight against this pandemic, which …

A ‘one way road to freedom’. That is how Boris Johnson described his much-anticipated plan to lift lockdown. But yesterday’s big reveal turned out not to be about freedom at all. The painfully slow pace of change proposed, as well as all the talk of masks and social distancing continuing …

Noting that there will be more cases, hospitalizations, and deaths whenever the UK decides to lift its lockdown – whether that’s immediately or in nine months – Johnson told Parliament there is “no credible route to a zero-Covid Britain or, indeed, a zero-Covid world.” We cannot persist indefinitely with restrictions …

In a Tuesday interview with CNBC, Gorsky said it’s “likely” that “for the next several years, we’ll be getting a COVID-19 shot just like we would a flu shot.” In this near future, Gorsky sees science keeping “pace” with the virus, but vaccines will allow people to “keep on living …

The Johnson government this week disappointed those who eagerly expect schools in the UK to open again. It will not be possible due to the “perilous” Covid-19 situation, the prime minister said, so remote teaching is to continue for weeks longer. In England, students may be welcomed back no sooner …

By the time the clock strikes midnight in London on Wednesday, the United Kingdom will very likely have passed the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from coronavirus. If not midnight on Wednesday, that ominous figure will be passed on Thursday. The timing of the event might be debatable. What’s not …

The prime minister spoke to reporters on Monday as he visited a coronavirus vaccination site in north London. Johnson signalled that the relaxation of restrictions might only be considered after February 15, when – and if – the country meets its deadline set to vaccinate 15 million people from high-priority …

“We’ve been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant – the variant that was first discovered in London and the south east (of England) – may be associated with a higher degree of mortality,” Johnson …