Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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 at a Kansas nursing home that allegedly failed to prevent an outbreak of...
Jan 28, 2021
In a first, most North American robots last year didn't go to automotive plants
By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) - For the first time last year, most of the robots ordered by companies in North America weren't destined for automotive factories. The shift is part of a long-term trend o...
Jan 28, 2021
Racing the virus: Why tweaking the vaccines won't be simple
By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman CHICAGO (Reuters) - After developing and rolling out COVID-19 vaccines at record speed, drugmakers are already facing variants of the rapidly-evolving coronaviru...
Jan 28, 2021
Vaccine-averse Tanzania told to follow science
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) urged Tanzania on Thursday to follow science, a day after its president said COVID-19 vaccines were dangerous and unnecessary if people trusted ...
Jan 28, 2021
UK's competition watchdog begins probe into Facebook's Giphy deal
(Reuters) - UK's competition watchdog on Thursday launched its initial investigation into Facebook Inc's completed acquisition of popular GIF website Giphy. The Competition and Markets Authority, whic...
Jan 28, 2021
Biden to reopen online health insurance marketplaces
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will reopen the nation's online health insurance marketplace for people who cannot obtain coverage through their employers, the Whit...
Jan 28, 2021
COVID-19 epidemic widens China's North-South economic divide
By Lusha Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China's northern provinces were disproportionately hit by the pandemic in 2020, with the region's heavy industries devastated by demand shocks and logis...
Jan 28, 2021
Novartis in talks on helping make COVID-19 vaccines, tests
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis is talking to other companies about helping to make vaccines and tests for COVID-19, the Swiss drugmaker said on Thursday without providing more details. "Novartis Technica...
Jan 28, 2021
In locked-down Lebanon, Tripoli protester killed in night of unrest
BEIRUT/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Lebanese man was killed in Tripoli on Thursday in clashes between security forces and protesters angry that a strict lockdown has left them with no means to survive the ec...
Jan 28, 2021
WHO says vaccine makers working non-stop to plug supply gap, urges patience
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's Europe director Hans Kluge said on Thursday vaccine manufacturers were working non-stop to plug shortfalls in supplies to countries struggling to cur...
Jan 28, 2021
