The Covid-19 vaccine developed by pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca during the pandemic has been withdrawn from the market. The company said it was “incredibly proud” of the vaccine, but that it had been withdrawn due to plummeting demand. Vaccine makers agreed that it could be manufactured on a “not-for-profit basis for the duration of the pandemic […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mick Jagger briefly waded into Louisiana politics, taking a verbal jab at the state’s conservative governor, as The Rolling Stones performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The band had finished “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” during Thursday evening’s set when Jagger began talking about inclusion, according […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is arguing that a fractured democracy can have destructive effects on the economy — an indirect jab at Donald Trump. Yellen, in an address prepared for delivery Friday in Arizona, uses economic data to paint a picture of how disregard for America’s democratic processes and institutions can cause […]
The world’s first personalised mRNA cancer jab for melanoma is being tested in British patients. The “gamechanger” jab – which also has the potential to stop lung, bladder and kidney cancer – is custom-built for each person in just a few weeks, and works by signalling the body to hunt down cancer cells and prevent […]
Donald Trump doesn’t seem to realize that it’s not 2016 anymore, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough suggested on Monday. Case in point: the former president and presumptive GOP nominee’s trashing of Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel on his Truth Social platform during Sunday’s ceremony. It prompted Kimmel to fire back at the four-times-indicted ex-POTUS live on air and […]
Local residents have voiced concern about plans for an estimated €2 billion expansion of its Irish operations by a leading pharmaceutical firm seeking to increase production of its best-selling weight loss and diabetes medicines. Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk is seeking planning permission from South Dublin County Council for a large new filling and packaging […]