The United States has evidence China is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID-19 vaccine by Western countries, Republican senator Rick Scott said on Sunday. “China does not want us … to do it first, they have decided to be an adversary to Americans and I think to democracy around the […]

The US Department of the Treasury has called on the African Development Bank (AfDB) to carry out an independent probe into alleged ethics breaches by its president, Akinwumi Adesina. In a letter obtained by AFP on Monday, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressed “deep reservations” about the outcome of an internal inquiry clearing Adesina, and […]

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine,Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases Dr. William Schaffner joins Yahoo Finance’s Seana Smith to discuss the coronavirus, as a quarter of Americans say they are nervous about a vaccine, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

As companies race against time to bring to market a vaccine for the new coronavirus — SARS-CoV-2 — that causes COVID-19, three contenders have emerged as frontrunners, having advanced their candidates into the clinics.Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA), Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: INO) and CanSino Biological Inc./Beijing Institute of Biotechnology are those that have moved out […]

Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates said his foundation will invest billions of dollars on the construction of factories with the aim of developing a coronavirus vaccine.The billionaire philanthropist disclosed that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be selecting the top seven vaccine candidates. Even though the foundation will end up picking at most […]

A former chairman of the China Development Bank, Hu Huaibang, has been expelled from the country’s ruling Communist Party for serious violations of discipline, the party’s graft watchdog said on Saturday. An investigation found that Hu had “lost his ideals and convictions” and had committed violations such as using his post to illegally benefit others, […]

China launches bold ‘Super Great White Shark’ UFO-like craft in huge military development  Express.co.uk

Vladimir Putin is the only one who can green-light the use of the controversial gene-editing technology, and will have the ear of his daughter Maria Vorontsova, an endocrinologist.

Nurses are being given £1,000 each to spend on their career development to stop them quitting the NHS. The Government is promising the funding in an additional £210million for frontline health staff.

Archaeology continues to produce interesting material in terms of finds and theories about them. At first the rock pictured in this article looks like any old boulder in the Scottish countryside, but a closer examination reveals a slew of fascinating and mysterious engravings, made with considerable care. David Walker gives us this story of carvings […]