The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday listed AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, widening access to the relatively inexpensive shot in the developing world. From a report: A WHO statement said it had approved the vaccine as produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea) and the Serum Institute of India. “We now have all the pieces in place…
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Covid-19 news: Oxford vaccine appears effective against UK variant
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237475-covid-19-news-oxford-vaccine-appears-effective-against-uk-variant/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Is it OK to mix and match COVID-19 vaccines? Oxford researchers begin trial.
Amid a shortage of vaccine supplies and the threat of emerging coronavirus variants, such an approach might provide an answer for both. Source: https://www.livescience.com/oxford-testing-mixture-different-coronavirus-vaccines.html
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may cut spread of virus
This is the first time that a coronavirus vaccine has shown it may reduce the spread of the virus. Source: https://www.livescience.com/astrazeneca-oxford-coronavirus-vaccine-cuts-transmission.html
Corporate Trolls? A Covert, Pro-Huawei Influence Campaign on Social Media
“Huawei, the crown jewel of China’s technology industry, has suffered from a sustained American campaign to keep its equipment from being used in new 5G networks around the world,” reports the New York Times. Now they’ve identified “a covert pro-Huawei influence campaign in Belgium about 5G networks.” [Alternate URL here] It began when trade lawyer Edwin Vermulst was paid to write…
JADES will go deeper than the Hubble Deep Fields
Astronomers announced this month that a new deep-field survey called JADES will be carried out with the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble’s much-anticipated successor. The Webb is due to launch later this year. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/jades-deep-field-surveys-epoch-of-1st-galaxies…
Covid-19 news: Germany won’t approve Oxford vaccine for people over 65
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237475-covid-19-news-germany-wont-approve-oxford-vaccine-for-people-over-65/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Solar system formation in two steps
An international team of researchers from the University of Oxford, LMU Munich, ETH Zurich, BGI Bayreuth, and the University of Zurich discovered that a two-step formation process of the early Solar System can explain the chronology and split in volatile and isotope content of the inner and outer Solar System. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-01-solar-formation.html…
New XPrize Challenge: Predicting Covid-19’s Spread and Prescribing Interventions
Slashdot reader the_newsbeagle shares an article from IEEE Spectrum:
Many associate XPrize with a $10-million award offered in 1996 to motivate a breakthrough in private space flight. But the organization has since held other competitions related to exploration, ecology, and education. And in November, they launched the Pandemic Response Challenge, which will culminate in a $500,000 award to be split between two…
UK starts giving people the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine
The U.K. authorized the shots for emergency use last week. Source: https://www.livescience.com/uk-Oxford-AstraZeneca-vaccine-rollout.html