Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pentagon awards $134 million for medical supplies for U.S. nursing homes
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it has awarded a $134 million contract to buy protective eyewear, gloves, gowns, and masks for medical personnel at over 15,000 U.S....
May 13, 2020
Reprogrammed skin cells inserted in brain help Parkinson's patient regain function: study
By Gene Emery (Reuters) - Skin cells reprogrammed to produce the neurotransmitter dopamine and inserted deep into the brain of a 69-year-old man with Parkinson's disease have allowed him to tie his sh...
May 13, 2020
Wells Fargo keeps work-from-home policies at least through June: memo
By Imani Moise (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co is advising employees to work from home through at least June 30, it said in a memo on Wednesday, noting that the bank is unlikely to return to business as ...
May 13, 2020
Police, protesters clash in Montenegro's north over bishop's detention
By Stevo Vasiljevic NIKSIC, Montenegro (Reuters) - Montenegrin police clashed on Wednesday with dozens of hardline believers of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the northern city of Niksic who were prot...
May 13, 2020
Peru's Vizcarra says coronavirus outbreak at its peak, expected to begin slow decline
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's rate of coronavirus cases is peaking and will begin a slow decline, President Martin Vizcarra said on Wednesday, as the country moves into a "final stage" of lo...
May 13, 2020
Nine U.S. states sue EPA for easing environmental enforcement amid pandemic
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nine states on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for relaxing a range of companies' compliance and monitoring requi...
May 13, 2020
U.S. March, April job losses revised higher
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy lost a record 20.537 million jobs in April and not 20.5 million as reported last Friday, according to revised data published by the Labor Department this week. ...
May 13, 2020
Sanofi to accelerate European COVID-19 vaccine access after CEO prioritizes U.S. preorders
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi SA said on Wednesday that it is working with European regulators to speed up access to a potential coronavirus vaccine in Europe after its...
May 13, 2020
Less than zero? Fed's Powell shows no love for negative rates
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had a clear message to interest rate futures traders on Wednesday: Bets the U.S. central bank is headed toward a negative interest-rate policy are off-b...
May 13, 2020
UK's health agency approves Roche's antibody test - The Telegraph
(Reuters) - Public Health England (PHE) has given approval to Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG's coronavirus antibody test kit, The Telegraph reported late on Wednesday, making it the first such kit a...
May 13, 2020
