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Oxford University study finds that a longer gap between doses of Pfizer vaccine leads to higher overall antibody levels.A longer gap between doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine leads to higher overall antibody levels than a shorter gap, a UK study has found, but antibody levels are not sustained for long

The sweeping set of rules under consideration could decimate the country’s $100bn education technology industry, sources tell Bloomberg News.China is considering asking companies that offer tutoring on the school curriculum to go non-profit, according to people familiar with the matter, as part of a sweeping set of constraints that could

European Medicines Agency gives all clear for vaccine to be used in children aged between 12 and 17.The European Union’s medicines regulator has recommended authorising Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children aged between 12 and 17, marking the first time the shot has been approved for people under 18.

The body of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise was returned to his hometown Friday for a private funeral amid heavy security following violent protests and fears of political volatility in the Caribbean nation.His wife, Martine Moise, arrived at her husband’s service in Cap-Haitien to cries of “Justice! Justice!” as she

Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories may prove a pivotal moment in the campaign against Israel’s apartheid system, Palestinian rights advocates say.The United States-based ice cream maker, known for its creative, chunky flavours and progressive social stances, is already facing

New COVID-19 cases are surging in parts of the United States and globally where vaccination rates are low as the highly infectious Delta variant spreads rapidly, prompting new warnings from US government officials.“As long as this virus is out there anywhere, replicating, we’re going to see more variants, and those

During an outbreak of Yellow Fever in Brazil in 2018, there was a global shortage of vaccines.In the face of those limitations and the virus’s rapid spread, health officials in Brazil decided to administer fractional dosing. They gave people one-fifth of the normal dose. More people got protection in less

American Express’s revenue jumped to $10.24bn from $7.68bn last year, the company reported on Friday.Spending at restaurants, shops and entertainment venues has come back in force as coronavirus vaccines become more common — and that spending fuelled a revenue surge at American Express during the second quarter. Momentum picked up

Ohio MLB team’s name change comes after decades of protests by Native American groups calling it a harmful stereotype.Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team will change its name to the Guardians from the Indians starting next season, it said on Twitter on Friday, after having promised to give up a name

The top international official in Bosnia and Herzegovina has banned denial of genocide in the Balkan country to counter attempts by Bosnia’s Serbs to deny the scope of the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica, Europe’s only post-World War II genocide.The killings of more than 8,000 Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb forces in

President Xi’s visit comes as China faces increased security concerns as a result of clashes with India and the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan.China’s President Xi Jinping made his first visit to the Tibet Autonomous Region as national leader this week and urged people there to “follow the party”,

Prince Harry announced this week that he is writing a memoir “not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become”.But the person drafting every certain-to-be-scrutinised word about the United Kingdom royal’s life is actually Pulitzer Prize-winner JR Moehringer, who helped pen Open, tennis champion Andre