Source: U.S. News & World Report
Security & Justice
Captured Hezbollah Operative May Have Been Israeli Double Agent, Report Suggests
The alleged senior Hezbollah operative abducted by Israeli special forces last week in Batroun may have been operating as a double agent, according to a report by The Telegraph.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Lebanon’s Probe into Israeli Raid Expected to Take Days as Security Officials Weigh Theories
Lebanese authorities are ramping up investigations into an Israeli commando raid last week in the northern coastal city of Batroun, during which Imad Amhaz, a Hezbollah official, was snatched.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Opinion
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
A Future Without Hezbollah
At the end of September, when Israel’s campaign to destroy Hezbollah was reaching its height, I met one of the group’s supporters in a seaside café in western Beirut. He was a middle-aged man with a thin white beard and the spent look of someone who had not slept for days. He was an academic of sorts, not a fighter, but his ties to Hezbollah were deep and long-standing.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Sports
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Real Madrid Launch Investigation into Racist Insults After El Clasico Defeat
Real Madrid has launched an investigation into racist insults directed at players during Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in LaLiga, it said on Sunday.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Thursday 3 November 2022 18:47:09
Pfizer Launches Trial of Flu, COVID-19 Combination Vaccine
Pfizer on Thursday announced that the first participant in a trial to examine an influenza and COVID-19 combination vaccine has been dosed.
The early-stage trial will examine the shot’s safety, tolerability and ability to provoke an immune response, according to Pfizer and its partner BioNTech. The shot includes Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 shot that is designed to take on the omicron variant.
Annaliesa Anderson of Pfizer’s vaccine research and development said that such a shot “could simplify immunization practices against these two respiratory pathogens, potentially leading to better vaccine uptake for both diseases.”
“Even with existing seasonal influenza vaccines, the burden of this virus is severe across the world causing thousands of deaths and hospitalizations every year,” Anderson said in a statement.
The study will include 180 participants ranging from 18 to 64 years old.
“By combining both indications in one vaccine approach, we aim to provide individuals with an efficient way to receive immunization against two severe respiratory diseases with evolving viruses that require vaccine adaptation,” BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said in a statement.
The news comes as flu activity in the U.S. continues to increase. The first pediatric death from the flu was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week.
The CDC estimates that at least 6,900 people have been hospitalized with the flu so far this season, which is a level that hasn’t been recorded this early in the season going back over a decade.
Experts are concerned that low levels of immunity as well as the relaxation of COVID-19 mitigation measures could fuel a severe flu season as colder weather pushes more people indoors.
