Month: November 2020

The announcement of a corona vaccine provides relief worldwide. But now Biontech has commented on the side effects. Vaccines against the corona virus are being worked on under high pressure worldwide – some manufacturers are now even ready to say that the first vaccinations are realistically expected before the end of this year. These include the vaccine developed by the German company Biontech in collaboration with the U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. The researchers were amazed not only by its rapid development, but also by its apparently very high efficacy. Around…

Professor Ken Dark, from the University of Reading, has spent 14 years examining the remains of the fascinating stone and mortar dwelling, found built into a limestone hillside beneath the Sisters of Nazareth Convent. The dwelling, which dates back the the 1st century, is believed to have been built by a highly skilled craftsman, likely Saint Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary and Jesus’s legal father on Earth. The archeologist is certain to have found the parental home of the Savior in present-day Israel. According to his research, the…

The vaccine candidates from Biontech/Pfizer and Moderna have made the headlines in recent weeks. But the vaccine from the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca could be even more important in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic: Because, unlike the other two vaccines, the doses, which cost between three and nine dollars (approx. 2.50 to 7.50 euros), should also be affordable for poorer countries. When AstraZeneca reported on its vaccine candidate with an average effectiveness of 70 percent, the drug seemed at first glance to be inferior to the vaccines of the other…

Vienna – Austria’s vaccination strategy to protect against Covid-19 disease is ready and is to be approved today in the Council of Ministers. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober and his Special Commissioner for Health, Clemens-Martin Auer, presented initial details to the public yesterday: 1️⃣ Who should and can be vaccinated and when? The sequence of vaccinations will depend on the time of approval and subsequently on the quantity that can be produced and supplied by the manufacturers. It is expected that BioNTech/Pfizer will be the first to approve the vaccine in…

ÖVP and Greens have launched new measures for sustainability. The disposal of food should be prohibited. Around one third of the food produced worldwide is lost. In Austria, too, hundreds of thousands of tons of food, which would still be suitable for consumption, end up in the trash every year. The governing parties ÖVP and the Greens presented a resolution on a comprehensive action plan against food waste to the Consumer Protection Committee on Tuesday, which was unanimously adopted. Specifically, the action plan, which is anchored in the government program…