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Global progress on education, public health, and gender equality is at risk of being set back for years if governments and philanthropies do not invest more in vaccine distribution to poor nations, warn leaders from the Gates and Rockefeller Foundations. The call comes as President Biden plans to call for
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US Federal Reserve officials should press ahead with a plan to reduce their stimulus programme, despite a slowdown in US jobs growth in August, according to James Bullard, president of the St Louis Fed. Bullard dismissed concerns that the labour market recovery was faltering, pointing to a surge in job
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The European Central Bank, led by President Christine Lagarde, is navigating a complex challenge in unwinding its massive monetary stimulus without disrupting the eurozone's economic recovery. As the ECB prepares to scale back its 1.85 trillion euro pandemic emergency purchase program (PEPP), economists warn that the central
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The union representing RCMP officers in British Columbia has expressed concerns about the ability of its members to handle calls related to enforcing new provincial orders requiring business owners to verify proof of vaccination before serving customers. The new rules, scheduled to take effect on September 13, aim to encourage
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As classes resume next week, lead universities in Western Canada are still figuring out the logistics of their coronavirus vaccination and testing requirements for students, faculty, and staff. Despite the growing number of infections across the continent, universities are struggling to implement effective protocols, leaving many questions unanswered. Some institutions
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The recent FDA's full approval of the BioNTech/Pfizer coronavirus vaccine has brought much-needed relief to the Biden administration, but it has also highlighted the urgency of accelerating the US vaccination rate. With fewer than half of America's 12- to 18-year-olds and only a third of
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As the Pfizer Covid-19 jab received full regulatory approval from the Food and Drug Administration on Monday, vaccine mandates are quickly becoming the norm in the US. Major companies, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, are now requiring proof of vaccination from all staff and clients entering their offices, while
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As the federal election campaign gets underway, the three main party leaders – Justin Trudeau, Erin O'Toole, and Jagmeet Singh – are facing an unexpected set of challenges, including the Taliban's swift collapse in Afghanistan, a surprise electoral victory by the Progressive Conservatives in Nova Scotia, and a
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As cases of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to rise and new variants emerge, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have worked closely with U.S. Territory (STT) governments, hospitals, healthcare systems, long-term care facilities, and local communities to address
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As the Delta variant sends Covid-19 cases surging in states with low vaccination rates, major companies are rethinking their approach to vaccine mandates. This shift is driven by concerns that unvaccinated employees may be fuelling the spread of the virus and threatening the US economic recovery. Most companies had initially
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Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens were finally allowed back into Canada on Monday, ending a 17-month ban. As of 12:01 a.m., American citizens and permanent residents could enter the country as long as they had received a full course of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada and
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Dr. Paul Kilgore, an associate professor of pharmacy practice at Wayne State University's Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, has been at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 in metro Detroit. Since the World Health Organization declared the pandemic in March 2020, Kilgore has been
