COVID-19: Trial to find the best gap between vaccine doses for pregnant women
Scientists will study the best gap between coronavirus vaccine doses for pregnant women in a bid to increase confidence in the jabs. More than 600 pregnant women…
Sailing-Competition set to resume as winds pick up
Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Sailing – Men’s 49er – Medal Race – Enoshima Yacht Harbour – Tokyo, Japan – August 2, 2021. Teams pack up after the…
West Virginia offers first statewide antibody testing for fully vaccinated
West Virginia has launched the country’s first statewide program to test COVID-19 antibody levels among residents who are fully vaccinated. The program, dubbed “Booster Battlefield Assessment” and…
Ministers offer ‘mediation vouchers’ to keep divorces out of courts
Divorcing couples and other people embroiled in civil disputes could get vouchers for mediation in a bid to end bitter courtroom battles. Robert Buckland, the Justice Secretary,…
Tokyo Olympics: Team GB swimmers return home in glory after record medal haul
Britain’s Olympic gold medal-winning swimmers have returned home to their delighted families. Adam Peaty and Tom Dean were among those who triumphed in the pool in Tokyo…
Gymnastics-Carey wins floor gold to make amends for vault flop
TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) – American Jade Carey produced a series of high-flying tumbling combinations to win gold on the floor exercise at the Tokyo Games on…
Patient safety fears as NHS allows trans sex offenders in female-only wards
Male-born sex offenders who self-identify as women can be placed on female-only NHS wards, hospital trusts have said in guidance. Devon, Oxford and Nottinghamshire hospitals all tell…
GOP lawmaker questions Dem inaction on COVID lab-leak theory: ‘Do the Democrats know something we don’t?
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., urged her Democratic colleagues on Monday to take a more aggressive approach in investigating the Wuhan lab-leak theory after a congressional report revealed…
Tokyo Olympics: Married couple Laura and Jason Kenny could make Olympic history
Britain’s golden cycling couple Laura and Jason Kenny are aiming to make Olympic history. Six-time champion Jason needs just one more gold medal to become Team GB’s…
Covid did leak from Wuhan lab, say Republicans who want to question British virus hunter
Republicans in Congress want to subpoena a British-born scientist as part of an investigation in which they have concluded Covid-19 leaked from a Wuhan laboratory. A report released by…
Climbing-Men begin Olympic summit attempt in sport’s Games debut
Tokyo 2020 staff participate in a test event for the sports climbing, replacing the athletes due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus at Aomi Urban Sports…
Washington, DC officer who responded to Capitol riot is third to die by suicide
A third police officer who responded to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has died by suicide seven months after the deadly attack, authorities said…
Turkey fires: ‘My house is burning, oh my God’ – Villagers tell of devastation as nation hit by worst infernos in a decade
The ferocity of the fires in Turkey is quite something to behold. We watched, along with the residents of the pretty seaside town of Cokertme on the…
Boris Johnson steps in to save holidays on the Continent
New green, amber and red lists will be announced – expected to come on Thursday, though that date has yet to be set in stone – after…