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Trial review board raises concerns about AstraZeneca vaccine data

In an unusual statement released early Tuesday, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said the independent board that reviews data from multiple Covid-19 vaccine candidates has raised concerns about AstraZeneca’s announcement of efficacy data from its vaccine trial. “The DSMB expressed concern that AstraZeneca may have included outdated information from that trial, which

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Opioid crisis escalates in Nashville

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — In Nashville there’s been a 32 percent increase in the number of deadly overdoses. “We went from a bad and dangerous situation to a worse situation,” said Trevor Henderson with the Metro Health Department. According to the latest report, 619 people overdosed and died

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UN Special Rapporteur says top Saudi official issued death threat against her for role in Khashoggi investigation

A top Saudi official issued a death threat against Agnès Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur behind the investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to Callamard’s office. Callamard told the Guardian in an interview published Tuesday that she was informed by UN colleagues in January 2020 that a senior Saudi official had threatened

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Biden is botching his first crisis

What’s the old saying? The first step to fixing your problem is admitting you have one. And yet President Joe Biden’s administration just can’t take the first step when it comes to the crisis unfolding on our southern border. Tens of thousands of immigrants from Central America and Mexico, including thousands of unaccompanied minors, are

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