On March 25, American officials published an urgent announcement: Dairy cows in Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico were falling sick. The cows had low appetites, and produced less milk than normal. Some farms also discovered wild bird carcasses on their grounds. Tests on a cow throat swab and raw milk samples all confirmed an unusual finding: … Read more
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) transferred a vaccine technology to BioMed Pvt. Ltd, a vaccine manufacturing company. The vaccine technology that was transferred by the institute entails a recombinant vector vaccine designed specifically for combating the classical swine fever virus. (File Photo / PTI) According to a press release by IIT Guwahati, there … Read more
A main organizer of the “Freedom Convoy” is suing the federal government for using the Emergencies Act to freeze his bank accounts, arguing it breached his Charter rights to protest COVID-19 mandates. Chris Barber, who owns a trucking company in southwestern Saskatchewan, filed last week a statement of claim in Court of King’s Bench in … Read more
Canadian manufacturers of masks and other equipment for protecting against COVID-19 are seeking more than $5 billion in damages from the federal government, saying Ottawa misled them about buying and helping to sell their products. In a statement of claim filed in Federal Court, the companies and their industry association allege the government made “negligent … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced 25 fresh coronavirus cases in Benue State, North-Central Nigeria. The WHO surveillance officer for the state, Ogechukwu Chigbo, disclosed this at a one-day Civil Society Organisations and Media Engagement/Orientation meeting on the COVID-19 rampup in Makurdi, the state’s capital. Ms Chigbo cautioned that COVID-19 is still prevalent in … Read more
A clinical trial led by African researchers concluded a year ahead of schedule after it was determined that new combination vaccines have “little or no chance” of reducing the risk of HIV. The African-led trial, initiated in December 2020, came to an early halt last month following an interim assessment of progress. The conclusive findings … Read more
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said the Novavax vaccine is a protein-based vaccine, as opposed to the mRNA vaccines already on the market. Novavax, a biotech firm based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has been granted emergency FDA authorization for its version of a COVID-19 vaccine — and local officials hope it will encourage more people to … Read more
Older adults have accounted for nearly two-thirds of Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States this year, posing “a continued public health threat.” (CNN) — Older adults have accounted for nearly two-thirds of Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States this year, posing “a continued public health threat,” says a new report from the US Centers for … Read more
With the winter season approaching, a local health expert is telling high-risk people to get the new COVID-19 booster shot to avoid serious illnesses. Dr. Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health Have you gotten the latest COVID-19 booster vaccine? If you did, … Read more
Ottawa will be getting a $40 million refund after it gave Quebec City-based biopharmaceutical company Medicago more than $300 million to develop and manufacture a home-grown COVID-19 vaccine that never made it to market. The news comes after Conservative, Bloc and NDP MPs on the House of Commons health committee grilled staff from Canada’s procurement department this … Read more
