Top news of the week: 20.04.2021.
Coronavirus
It’s About Time for Us to Stop Wearing Masks Outside
The rules need to change with the pandemic.
Coronavirus live news: EU to rule on J&J vaccine safety; India records nearly 1.6m cases in a week
EU drug regulator to make ruling on Tuesday; India government says all adults to be eligible for vaccine in May as cases skyrocket; US ships vaccines for all overseas workforce
US opens more distance in worldwide race against coronavirus
The United States opened more distance between itself and much of the rest of the world on Thursday, nearing the 200 millionth vaccine administered in a months-long race to protect the ...
US has been wracked with several mass shootings in 2021
After a significant drop in mass shootings in the United States during a pandemic-hit 2020, this year has already seen several deadly cases. Police in Indianapolis say eight people were ...
Japan, US showcase alliance, resolve in dealing with China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga showcased the alliance between their two countries as well as their shared resolve in dealing with China as ...
‘It’s a scandal, quite frankly’: US Equal Rights Amendment still faces uphill battle
A nearly century-long effort to explicitly enshrine gender equality in the United States constitution may finally be coming to a head
Brazil's P1 coronavirus variant mutating, may become more dangerous: study
Brazil's P1 coronavirus variant, behind a deadly COVID-19 surge in the Latin American country that has raised international alarm, is mutating in ways that could make it better able to ...
The Coronavirus Pandemic: The Latest on Variants and Rapid Testing
Facebook Live Q&A with Michael Mina, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Presented jointly by The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Pu…