Archive for January, 2021
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine doesn’t require a booster shot, circumventing the two-dose problems posed by its competitors. The company plans to seek FDA approval in early February.AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images via Getty Images
The level of protection, though, varied in different regions: 72 percent in the US, 66 percent in Latin America, and 57 percent in South Africa.
On January 27th, the President announced a series of climate actions that may well mark the beginning of the end of the fossil-fuel era.Photograph by Anna Moneymaker / Pool / Getty
The newly announced actions may well mark the beginning of the end of the fossil-fuel era.
Source: The Biden Administration’s Landmark Day in the Fight for the Climate | The New Yorker
A stunning collaboration between three world-class artists.
Tree of Codes left audiences breathless. Jamie xx’s scintillating score, Olafur Eliasson’s dazzling designs and Wayne McGregor’s visceral choreography, danced by members of his own company alongside the stars of the great Paris Opera Ballet, came together to create something greater than the sum of their component parts – and drew standing ovations for the show’s run at the Opera House. – MLF Festival
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A Pfizer study released Wednesday determined that the mutations in the COVID-19 variants originally found in the United Kingdom and South Africa have “small effects” on the effectiveness of the
Source: Study finds Pfizer vaccine effective against mutations in new COVID-19 variants | TheHill
Emmett Till
The home of Emmett Till was granted historical landmark status on Wednesday by the Chicago City Council.
Source: Emmett Till’s home declared a landmark in Chicago | TheHill
Geraldine Tetreault, 85, receives a COVID-19 vaccination from pharmacist Doris Arundel at the CVS pharmacy in Putnam. (Mark Mirko/Mark Mirko)
CVS Health opened COVID-19 vaccination clinics in two pharmacies in Connecticut Wednesday, the first steps in a roll out that is eventually expected to include most of its 180 pharmacies in the state.
Unpublished drawing by Franz Kafka. Vitalis Verlag.
Oh my . . . to suddenly, joyously, chance upon Reasons to Resist which suddenly strikes you as Kelly’s most amazing single piece . . .
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