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FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration

Europe Rolls Out Vaccines in Bid to Leave Pandemic Behind

Reuters 27/12/2020

While Europe has some of the best-resourced healthcare systems...

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‘Health Workers First to Be Vaccinated’, India Sets About Preparing Complete Database

Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Jatindra Dash 24/10/2020

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is aiming...

otA passenger plane passes in front of the moon as it makes its final landing approach to Heathrow Airport in London

The Moon of Science or the Moon of Lovers?

Alice Gorman 18/10/2020

The Moon was the domain of romanticism until it...

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Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna Win Chemistry Nobel for Genome Editing Tool CRISPR

Reuters 07/10/2020

Their technology has had a revolutionary impact on the...

A handout photo shows samples of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, in Moscow

Russia to Sell 100 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories

Polina Ivanova 16/09/2020

Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said deliveries of the COVID-19...

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Gujarat Points to ‘Non-COVID-19 Deaths’ as Reason Behind Unusual Data Disparity

The Wire Staff 01/09/2020

An Indian Express report notes that in August, 234...

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The Idea of Arid Lands as ‘Wastelands’ Comes Mostly From Colonial Assumptions

Diana K. Davis 31/08/2020

These assumptions continue to harm the world’s drylands and...