Dictionary giant Merriam-Webster released its Word of the Year contenders, with “vaccine” taking the top spot, followed by words like “woke,” “insurrection,” and “cicada.” Merriam-Webster chooses its Word of the Year based on lookup volume on its website, and Editor at Large Peter Sokolowski said searches for “vaccine” increased by …
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Bono, Penélope Cruz, David Oyelowo, and more have lent their voices to a new animated series, Pandemica, created to raise awareness about the severely limited access to the Covid-19 vaccine in the world’s poorest countries. Pandemica was spearheaded by the One Campaign, the global health and anti-poverty organization co-founded by …
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UPDATE (11/30): Moderna will submit its Covid-19 vaccine to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization after the biotech firm completed its Phase 3 trial, NBC News report. The study found that the vaccine was 94.1% effective at preventing Covid-19, and 100% effective at preventing severe cases (along …
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