Vatican conference features Fauci, Francis – and Aerosmith
Rome, ItalyAP The CEOs of vaccine-makers Pfizer and Moderna joined cardinals, academics and the lead guitarist of Aerosmith in opening a unique Vatican conference on COVID-19, other global health threats and how science, solidarity and spirituality can address them. The three-day online conference, which began Thursday and ends Saturday with a virtual audience with Pope […]
One million Americans vaccinated for COVID; Tennessee new epicentre
New York, USReuters Tennessee emerged alongside California on Wednesday as an epicentre of the latest COVID-19 surge even while more than one million Americans have been vaccinated as US political leaders sought to guard against a highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across Britain. Tennessee averaged nearly 128 new infections per 100,000 people over the last […]
US taskforce sees “unrelenting” COVID-19 spread; daily cases up by record 91,000
Washington DC, USReuters The White House coronavirus taskforce warned that much of the country is in the grips of an “unrelenting” surge in COVID-19 cases and urged tough countermeasures, as the number of US infections reported on Thursday hit a new daily record of more than 91,000. The hardest-hit regions in the west and midwest […]
Not mutually exclusive: For top US virus experts, faith and science work together
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins was recently awarded the 2020 Templeton Prize. ELANA SCHOR, of Associated Press, reports on how religion is – or has been – part of life of some of the top coronavirus experts in the US…