“After a thorough review of the available data, the FDA determined that this small, vulnerable group may benefit from a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna Vaccines,” acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock said in a statement on Thursday night. The immunocompromised include cancer patients and those undergoing chemotherapy, organ …
Read More »Lukaku re-joins Chelsea for almost £100 MILLION as Abramovich splurges on bolstering Blues’ UCL defence and Premier League charge
The west Londoners have handed over the monstrous amount of €115 million (£97.5 million) to Inter Milan for the Belgian’s services while giving up on their quest to land Erling Haaland. With his employers Borussia Dortmund demanding up to $207 million to release the Norwegian wonderkid, who is believed to …
Read More »British Olympic silver medalist suspended after drug test shows traces of banned substance
As confirmed by the Athletics Integrity Unit, CJ Ujah has been provisionally suspended. The body said that the 27-year-old’s test showed a “presence/use of a prohibited substance (Ostarine and S-23),” with a UK Athletics spokesperson saying to BBC Sport that it doesn’t wish to comment on ongoing processes. Still yet to speak …
Read More »Canada to deploy special forces to assist Afghan embassy evacuation as major cities fall under Taliban assault – reports
The special operators will work alongside British and American counterparts to ensure civilian personnel leave the country safely as fighting ramps up, unnamed Canadian officials told the Associated Press, CBC and Global News on Thursday night. While the officials did not say how many troops will be sent, a source …
Read More »My Pillow’s Mike Lindell claims he was ‘attacked’ at pro-Trump ‘symopsiom’ as Dominion is cleared to move forward with suit
“I, last night when I got to the hotel, I was attacked,” Lindell announced to a conservative crowd gathered at his pro-Donald Trump event at the South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance in Sioux Falls. “I just want everyone to know all the evil that’s out there.” The My Pillow founder …
Read More »US Supreme Court declines to block Indiana University’s vaccine mandate, preserving key precedent for compulsory Covid-19 jabs
Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected the emergency request to hear the case on Thursday, meaning the high court won’t overturn rulings by an Indiana district court and the US Court of Appeals in Chicago, which upheld the mandate. There were no dissenting opinions cited from other Supreme Court justices. The …
Read More »US Supreme Court partially overturns New York’s statewide eviction ban
The 6-3 decision partially stuck down the statewide eviction ban on Thursday, ruling in favor of a group of property owners who challenged the moratorium in an emergency filing to the Supreme Court. Three liberal-leaning justices – Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan – dissented to the ruling. In …
Read More »Fauci says everyone will likely need Covid-19 vaccine booster shots, even as WHO urges prioritizing doses for poor nations
Fauci, the White House’s chief medical adviser, made the rounds on various mainstream media outlets on Thursday, doing television interviews to promote his case for booster shots. The push comes as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) weighs up whether to authorize additional jabs for immunocompromised people in a …
Read More »Algeria says 22 arsonists arrested for string of ‘disaster’ wildfires that killed at least 65
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced the arrests on Thursday during a televised address, saying that “justice will perform its duty” after some 50 separate fires erupted simultaneously earlier this week, most near Tizi Ouzou east of the Alergian capital. “Some fires have been caused by high temperatures, but criminal hands were …
Read More »WHO calls on China to release data needed for Covid-19 origins probe, notes that ‘lab theory’ still on the table
In a statement released on Thursday, the WHO called on all governments “to depoliticize the situation and cooperate to accelerate the origins studies, and importantly to work together to develop a common framework for future emerging pathogens of pandemic potential.” Searching for the origin of any new pathogen “is a …
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