Vaccine maker Serum waives AstraZeneca shot indemnity for refugee program
Reuters The Serum Institute of India has waived its protection from legal liabilities for any AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 shots it supplies to a global program for refugees, a spokesperson for the GAVI vaccine alliance told Reuters on Wednesday. The news comes days after Reuters reported that tens of millions of migrants may be denied COVID-19 vaccines […]
The Interview: Denzel Washington and Dana Canedy on the new film, ‘A Journal For Jordan’
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with actor Denzel Washington and Dana Canedy, the partner of First Sgt Charles Monroe King who died in Iraq in 2006, about the new film based on his writings, ‘A Journal For Jordan’…
In the US, Idaho church window once depicting Robert E Lee now honours Black female bishop
RNS An Idaho church has replaced a stained-glass window honouring Confederate General Robert E Lee with an image of the first African American woman bishop elected in the United Methodist Church. The new window, prominently featuring Bishop Leontine TC Kelly, was installed in the Cathedral of the Rockies in Boise on 7th December. Kelly, who died […]
Essay: Crisis with a child’s face – why children are the hidden victims of the COVID-19 pandemic
MERCY JUMO and DANE MOORES, of World Vision Australia, argue that it’s time for children to be put at the heart of COVID-19 response and recovery efforts…