On March 15, consultant haematologist Sue Pavord saw a patient who had recently received the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The young man presented with serious and almost contradictory symptoms: a severe blood clot coupled with very low platelets, fragments of cells that help the blood clot. “It’s common to have those things separately but as a…
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The European Medicines Agency has authorised the use of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine in adolescents aged between 12 and 15, paving the way for EU countries to start vaccinating school-age children. The approval widens the EU’s authorisation of the vaccine, produced in a joint venture between the German biotech start-up BioNTech and the US pharmaceutical company…
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In the debate over decarbonisation, the most important commodity is time. Climate activists urge haste as global warming accelerates. Oil and gas producers want to delay the date when fossil fuels are history. ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell lost landmark battles with activists this week. France’s Total did better. Shareholders passed its transition plans —…
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New York-based Zocdoc, an appointment-booking portal, last week submitted a notice informing the California Office of the Attorney General of a programming error that had allowed unauthorized access to its patient data. The company was required to disclose security lapses per California law. The bug, discovered in August, allowed health provider clients, whose usernames and…
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Lawmakers reintroduced a plan to allow more international physician candidates attend residency in the U.S. and stay in the country after their training if they agree to work in underserved areas. The legislation was reitroduced Thursday and would increase the number of slots in the Conrad 30 program. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) first introduced the…
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MotoRefi has raised another $45 million in a round led by Goldman Sachs just five months after investors poured $10 million into the fintech startup to help turbocharge its auto refinancing business. The startup developed an auto refinancing platform that handles the entire loan process, including finding the best rates, paying off the old lender…
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The UK government on Friday authorised use of the Johnson & Johnson single-shot coronavirus vaccine, making it the fourth such jab to receive British approval to prevent Covid-19. The Department of Health and Social Care said the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory agency, the UK drugs watchdog, had reviewed data available for the J&J vaccine…
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For Big Oil, May 2021 is set to be the month the wind changed. On Wednesday, activist investors added at least two of their own nominees to ExxonMobil’s board after warning the supermajor faced an “existential risk” from its fossil fuel focus. The same day, shareholders approved a measure for Chevron to set strict emissions…
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The old cliché tells us a picture is worth 1,000 words, but it might take an entire book to describe the euphoria vividly caught on camera outside the district court in The Hague on Wednesday as environmentalists celebrated a win against Royal Dutch Shell. The shareholder revolt on the same day at ExxonMobil was similarly celebrated…
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