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The UK’s confusing vaccine rollout – regarding who must get vaccinated to do their job, who needs a shot to travel, and other movement-related controls – has the EHRC concerned the system’s creators could be hauled into court and charged with creating “unlawful, unintentional discrimination,” according to documents obtained by …

The probe was initially ordered by Justice Luis Roberto Barroso last week after a request from the lawmakers. Wednesday’s ruling by the Supreme Court judges means that a special Senate committee will now examine the actions of the Brazilian government during the country’s coronavirus outbreak.  The probe is going to …

Members of the CDC advisory committee on Wednesday said they want more information about the types of people, by such factors as age and gender, who may be at most risk of blood clots after taking the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. It’s not clear when a recommendation will be made, …

“Covid? Gangbusters with ratings, right? Which is why we constantly have the death toll on the side,” Chester said in the video, which was posted on social media on Wednesday. The CNN employee also revealed that he had mixed feelings about the death tracker. “I’ve even looked at it and …

In addition, the Moscow-based Gamaleya Research Institute offered to share its technologies to help other producers solve their problems. “A comprehensive analysis of adverse events during clinical trials and over the course of mass vaccinations with the Sputnik V vaccine showed that there were no cases of cerebral venous sinus …

“We’re watching closely, waiting for EMA (European Medicines Agency) and FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) reviews and monitoring the global database of adverse event reports to see if there have been cases anywhere else,” the WHO said in a statement to Reuters. On Tuesday, the FDA announced the suspension …

Edeka Nord is one of the leading grocery retailers in northern Germany. The company that operates some 670 stores and employs around 4,400 people has decided to provide its workers with an additional incentive to vaccinate, as Germany struggles to contain yet another wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Any staff …

Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a page from his predecessor, Mike Pompeo, in accusing China of not being transparent enough in dealing with the initial Covid-19 outbreak on its soil. “I think China knows that in the early stages of Covid, it didn’t do what it needed to do, …

“Fauci continues to ignore 100 years of vaccine science,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) wrote about Fauci – with whom he has feuded before – in a Monday tweet slamming the infectious disease expert as a “petty tyrant.” The comments came in response to a Sunday evening interview in which Fauci …

Speaking on Monday, the WHO’s Covid-19 technical lead, Maria Van Kerkhove, laid out how “we’re in a critical point of the pandemic” despite some nations claiming to have brought the virus domestically under control, as cases globally are currently eight times higher than they were a year ago. Citing recent figures, the …