In a development barely noticed across much of the rest of the world, 15 Asia-Pacific countries have quietly formed the planet’s largest trading bloc covering almost […]
The UK has become the first country in the world to approve Pfizer’s controversial gene-based COVID-19 vaccine. Jointly developed with German biotechnology company BioNTech, the vaccine […]
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail, two of them suspended, for corruption.
The Wellcome Trust, a UK charity that is one of the world’s top funders of health research, stands to gain financially from the COVID-19 pandemic, reports the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Pfizer’s CEO says he believes people will ‘likely’ need a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, with annual vaccinations to follow.
A recent Oxford University press release announced that scientists working at its Jenner Institute have succeeded in developing a vaccine against malaria. Known as R21/Matrix-M, the […]
Bayer & BASF Fight To Keep Weedkiller On U.S. Farms
Chemical makers Bayer and BASF are pushing to keep a controversial weedkiller on the market after a federal court blocked its use in U.S. soybean and cotton fields.