Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil's top court probes health minister's COVID-19 response in Manaus
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lewandowski has approved an investigation into Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the northern city of...
Jan 25, 2021
Asian stocks set for soft start, dollar mostly steady
By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks came under pressure on Tuesday as worries about U.S. stimulus and surging coronavirus infections led to a mixed Wall Street session, while the dollar c...
Jan 25, 2021
Nissan flips the switch on electric reboot in China
By Norihiko Shirouzu BEIJING (Reuters) - Nissan Motor is accelerating the rollout of electric vehicles in China under its main brand and its local, no-frills Venucia marque as it overhauls its strateg...
Jan 25, 2021
Britain to help other countries track down coronavirus variants
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will share its genomic sequencing capabilities with other countries to help quicker identify new variants of the coronavirus in places with less ability to...
Jan 25, 2021
U.S. bankruptcy judge okays Weinstein Co plan paying $17 million for sex abuse claims
By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) - A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge on Monday approved The Weinstein Co's liquidation plan, which sets aside $17 million for women who accused co-founder Harvey Weinstein of s...
Jan 25, 2021
U.S. CDC says 41.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 22.7 million administered
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 22,734,243 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Monday morning and distributed 41,418,325 doses. The...
Jan 25, 2021
Judge orders Merck documents on anti-baldness drug Propecia unsealed
By Dan Levine (Reuters) - A U.S. judge granted a Reuters request to unseal Merck & Co documents produced in lawsuits related to its anti-baldness treatment Propecia, finding that the public's right to...
Jan 25, 2021
Minnesota lab confirms first U.S. coronavirus case associated with Brazil variant
(Reuters) - Laboratory testing by the Minnesota Department of Health has confirmed the first known COVID-19 case in the United States associated with a more contagious variant of the novel coronavirus...
Jan 25, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine developer CureVac plans five million share sale
(Reuters) - German biotech firm CureVac plans to sell 5 million shares in a secondary offering, the company said on Monday, as it starts late-stage trials of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The procee...
Jan 25, 2021
Banking group asks U.S. government to fix glitches in pandemic loan plan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lobbying group for U.S. banks called on the U.S. government on Monday to amend glitches in a key federal pandemic loan program that it said were preventing small businesses from...
Jan 25, 2021
