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UK study finds arthritis drug tocilizumab effective in reducing COVID-19 deaths

11:27 pm February 11, 2021

London : The UK government said on Thursday that thousands more patients who are hospitalised due to COVID-19 will receive arthritis drug tocilizumab as a treatment after a latest study showed its effectiveness in preventing deaths. In the RECOVERY clinical trial, funded by the government through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the drug […]

UK judge rules that newspaper invaded Meghan’s privacy

11:13 pm February 11, 2021

London : A British judge has ruled that a newspaper invaded Duchess of Sussex’s privacy by publishing personal letter to her estranged father. Judge Mark Warby issue says Associated Newspapers misused the duchess’s private information. He said the duchess “had a reasonable expectation that the contents of the letter would remain private. The Mail articles interfered with that reasonable expectation.” The […]

AstraZeneca working to adapt vaccine to new strains

4:02 pm February 11, 2021

London: AstraZeneca said Thursday it’s working with the University of Oxford to adapt its COVID-19 vaccine to protect against new strains of the virus as public health officials raise concerns about mutations that may make the virus more resistant to existing vaccines. The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker worked with Oxford to develop one of the first COVID-19 vaccines authorized for widespread […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Ex-investment executive to plead guilty in admissions scam

12:04 am February 8, 2021

Boston: A former private equity executive who cofounded an investment firm with U2’s Bono agreed to plead guilty in connection to the college admissions bribery scheme. William McGlashan will plead guilty to a single count of wire fraud and honest services wire fraud stemming from allegations that he paid USD 50,000 to have someone correct his son’s […]

AstraZeneca: Vaccine may work against UK variant

10:08 pm February 5, 2021

London: The developers of AstraZeneca‘s coronavirus vaccine say the shot appears to work against the variant detected in Britain late last year. It’s similar to previously reported results by other vaccine manufacturers, including Pfizer and Moderna. Andrew Pollard of Oxford University, which helped develop the AstraZeneca vaccine, says the shot also appears to reduce the amount of virus in people infected with COVID-19. […]