 | | | | As part of a nationwide response to the threat posed by the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant, New York City will require COVID-19 vaccinations or weekly tests for workers at city-run hospitals and clinics. | | | | | | A group of state attorneys general unveiled on Wednesday a landmark $26 billion settlement with large drug companies for allegedly fueling the deadly nationwide opioid epidemic, but some states were cool on the agreement. | | | | | | The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. | | | | | | State attorneys general on Wednesday unveiled a $26 billion settlement with the three largest U.S. drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson to resolve thousands of lawsuits by states and local governments over the companies' role in the country's opioid painkiller crisis. | | | | | | The United States has administered 339,102,867 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 391,248,955 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. | | | | | | Chile's Institute of Public Health approved emergency use of the Russian Sputnik-V vaccine against COVID-19, joining the country's already massive inoculation program, the institute said in a statement. | | | | | | Police fired tear gas and water canon to disperse crowds protesting against coronavirus vaccinations in Athens on Wednesday. | | | | | | Staff in England's National Health Service (NHS), who have been on the frontlines of the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, will receive a 3% pay rise, the British government said on Wednesday. | | | | | | Chile has registered the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for use, Russia's Direct Investment Fund said on Wednesday. | | | | | | South Africa aims to have given at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 35 million of its 60 million people by Christmas, a senior health official said on Wednesday. | | | | | |
