New York City restaurants to resume limited indoor dining on Feb. 14: governor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, citing an improvement in the state’s coronavirus metrics, on Friday allowed (More…)
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Officials in Japan warn of potential earthquake, that could be worse than Fukushima, is overdue
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The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 9 Nankai Trough earthquake in 30 years, (More...)Health & Science
At the urging of nursing homes, a law is amended and COVID court claims are slowed
By Tom Hals
(Reuters) – Garnice Robertson wants accountability for her mother’s death from COVID-19 caught while she was living (More…)
At Oklahoma COVID ward, staff fight to prevent lonely deaths
By Nick Oxford
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The patient alarms ping constantly in the COVID-19 ward at a hospital in (More…)
Canada considering drug decriminalization to fight overdose crisis
By Anna Mehler Paperny
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s federal government is considering decriminalization of the possession of opioids and other (More…)
U.S. likely to start COVID-19 vaccination in children by late spring or early summer – Fauci
(Reuters) – The United States will likely start vaccinating children by late spring or early summer, top U.S. infectious disease (More…)
Czech field hospital shut due to staff shortages even as pandemic rages
PRAGUE (Reuters) – An unused military field hospital in Prague will be packed up due to staff shortages even as (More…)
More than 200,000 flee “apocalyptic” conflict in Central African Republic
By Emma Farge
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 200,000 people have fled fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR) since (More…)
U.S. consumer spending falls again; inflation gradually rising
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending fell for a second straight month in December amid renewed business (More…)
J&J adds to COVID-19 vaccine armory with 66% efficacy in global trial
By Julie Steenhuysen
(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson said on Friday that its single-dose vaccine was 66% effective in preventing (More…)
WHO team in Wuhan visits hospital that treated early COVID cases
By Gabriel Crossley
WUHAN, China (Reuters) – A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 on (More…)
