World / Americas

Mexican researchers say they created facemask that neutralizes COVID-19 27 Aug 2021 - 11:55 am

MEXICO CITY - Researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) have created a facemask using silver and copper nanolayers that neutralizes...

California winds shifting as wildfire battles go on 27 Aug 2021 - 12:03 am

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif - California weather was heating up and winds were shifting Thursday as more than 14,000 firefighters battled wildfires up...

Illinois issues mask mandate, orders vaccines for schools 26 Aug 2021 - 08:01 pm

Illinois will require all eligible students and school employees to be vaccinated and re-instituted an indoor mask mandate under an order announced by...

A Ferris wheel lifts spirits in New York's Times Square 26 Aug 2021 - 02:59 pm

NEW YORK: A 110-feet-high (34 m) Ferris wheel spins in the once bustling heart of Times Square, looking to bring some joy to...

Brazil's Eurofarma to make Pfizer COVID-19 shots in Latin America 26 Aug 2021 - 02:40 pm

Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech said on Thursday they had signed a deal with Brazil's Eurofarma Laboratorios SA to manufacture their COVID-19 vaccine...

Pemex CEO says platform fire could have been caused by gas leak 26 Aug 2021 - 12:04 am

MEXICO CITY - A deadly weekend fire at on offshore platform in the southern Gulf of Mexico operated by Mexican state oil firm...

Brazil to give COVID-19 booster shots to elderly and vulnerable 26 Aug 2021 - 12:00 am

SAO PAULO - Brazil will give booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines to people with compromised immune systems and those over the age of...

US data show rising 'breakthrough' infections among fully vaccinated 25 Aug 2021 - 11:41 pm

CHICAGO - Some 25% of SARS-CoV-2 infections among Los Angeles County residents occurred in fully vaccinated residents from May through July 25, a...

US plans COVID-19 booster shots at six months instead of eight - WSJ 25 Aug 2021 - 11:36 pm

U.S. health regulators could approve a third COVID-19 shot for adults beginning at least six months after full vaccination, instead of the previously...

Moderna seeks full US approval for its Covid-19 vaccine 25 Aug 2021 - 08:57 pm

Moderna Inc. said it had completed the application process for full approval of its Covid-19 vaccine in the U.S., putting the company on...

Vaccine inequity remains Achilles' heel of COVID-19 response in Americas-PAHO 25 Aug 2021 - 08:04 pm

BOGOTA - The unequal distribution of vaccines which protect against COVID-19 is the weak point in efforts to combat the disease in the...

Delta Air Lines to impose surcharge on unvaccinated employees 25 Aug 2021 - 07:42 pm

Delta Air Lines Inc. will impose a $200 monthly surcharge on employees who aren’t vaccinated against Covid-19, becoming the first major U.S. company...

Pfizer starts process for US approval of COVID-19 booster shot 25 Aug 2021 - 07:37 pm

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech have started the process for a full approval of a booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccine in people aged...

Credit Suisse tells unvaccinated US staff to work from home, memo says 25 Aug 2021 - 01:07 pm

ZURICH: Credit Suisse has asked all non-vaccinated staff in the United States to work from home beginning Sept. 7, as it pushes back...

Biden receives inconclusive intelligence report on Covid origins 25 Aug 2021 - 11:40 am

Washington: President Joe Biden on Tuesday received a classified report from the intelligence community that was inconclusive about the origins of the novel...

Covid jab protection wanes within six months: UK researchers 25 Aug 2021 - 10:12 am

London: Protection against Covid-19 offered by two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines begins to fade within six months, underscoring...

Vaccine efficacy diminished as Delta arose, CDC report shows 25 Aug 2021 - 12:30 am

The effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines among front-line workers declined to 66% after the delta variant became dominant, compared with 91% before it arose,...