The first condition is reportedly that Iran will not accept partial sanctions alleviation, as Tehran considers the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to be indivisible. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Moscow on January 26, 2021. Blinken confirmed Biden's desire for Washington to return to the nuclear agreement, but said th... [Full Article...]
It's been the most commonly seen variant of the virus detected recently in a surge of cases seen in and around Manaus, the largest city in Brazil's Amazon region, according to CNN . On Sunday, former US Food and Drug Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said he was "fairly confident" the P.1 strain was already circulating in the US. [Full Article...]
The current regimen is for two shots four weeks apart. Pfizer had previously told Fox News that the vaccine's mRNA platform allows for "flexibility" in the ability to alter RNA sequence in the vaccine to cover new strains if need be. The company reported a sixfold decrease in the ability of antibodies to block the virus - a drop that Hoge said was concerning but not alarming - underscoring the... [Full Article...]
Christian Walker, Hamilton County Health Dept. emergency preparedness coordinator, said he believes much of the decline in cases has occurred as people have "hunkered down for the winter". Out of the 1,711 O'Brien County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19, 1,526 of them have recovered, for a recovery rate of about 89%. "And this compares to a total of 175 such deaths in the month of... [Full Article...]
While N95 and KN95 face masks were hard to get and were being reserved mostly for front-line medical workers at the beginning of the pandemic a year ago, supplies of these items have expanded recently and more people have been ordering them online for personal use. [Full Article...]
There are two new variants of COVID-19 found throughout the globe, one found first in the United Kingdom and the other in South Africa. Nearly all the cases were linked to worldwide travel, save for one, a United Kingdom variant. "There's no question that these do pose a threat to those who are most at risk, including those who are in continuing care". And, effective immediately, those who come ... [Full Article...]
As a previously unreleased image of Harriet Tubman's $20 bill has just been released to the public, it's also been revealed that extensive work on the new design was well underway before Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced it's delay last month. [Full Article...]
The decision comes with improving trends in the rate of infections, hospitalizations and intensive care unit capacity as well as vaccinations. Under the system, a multi-county region had to shut down most businesses and order people to stay home if ICU capacity dropped below 15%. [Full Article...]