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Schools and Pediatricians Will Be Key to Biden’s Childhood Vaccine Rollout
Shots for kids 5-11 will be approved as soon as early November
Jan. 6 House Committee Votes Unanimously to Hold Steve Bannon in Contempt
(WASHINGTON) — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted unanimously Tuesday to hold former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress after the longtime ally of former President Donald Trump defied a subpoena for documents and testimony. Still defending his supporters who broke into the Capitol that day, Trump has…
E.U.’s Ambitious New Tech Rules to Be Delayed Further Into 2022
E.U. countries originally envisioned an agreement by spring 2022 but in a more recent draft of the communique that E.U. leaders plan to issue, that target was made more ambiguous.
Scientists Successfully Attached a Pig Kidney to Human For the First Time
Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Pigs have been the most recent research focus to address the organ shortage, but among the hurdles: A sugar in pig cells, foreign…
NYC to Mandate Vaccines, Scrap Testing Option for Workforce
Starting Wednesday, all employees who get their first shot at a city-run site will receive an extra $500 in their paycheck
Facebook Plans to Rebrand Company With New Name, Report Says
CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to discuss the name change at the company’s Connect conference on Oct. 28, The Verge reported
Negotiations Drag on Over 17 Missionaries Kidnapped in Haiti
The kidnapping is the largest of its kind in Haiti in recent years
Brazilian Senators Are Readying a Call for Criminal Charges Against President Jair Bolsonaro Over His Handling of COVID-19
A senate committee's report recommends the president be indicted for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic
Xi Jinping Eyes Innovation and Oversight to Grow China’s Digital Economy
China has identified the digital economy as a key driver for growth and made tech self-sufficiency a top priority
Facebook Settles U.S. Claims That It Reserved Jobs for Foreigners With Temporary H-1B Visas
The company agreed to pay as much as $14.3 million in separate settlement agreements
An NYC Commission Voted to Remove a City Hall Statue of Thomas Jefferson. Where It’s Going Remains Unclear
(NEW YORK) — An 1833 statue of Thomas Jefferson will be removed from New York’s City Council chamber by the end of the year, a little-known city commission voted Monday, but it’s unclear where it will go. Some members of the 51-member New York City Council have called for years for the statue to be…
Johnson & Johnson Hike 2021 Profit Forecast as COVID-19 Vaccine Sales Grow
The pharmaceutical giant says its net income climbed 3% to $3.67 billion in the recently completed quarter