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Naas hold off four-time winners St Brendan’s in thriller to win first Hogan Cup for Kildare
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Tyrone Ladies appoint experienced new manager ahead of relegation play-off in three weeks
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Pfizer and BioNTech have applied for emergency approval for their Covid-19 vaccine
Just last week, Pfizer and BioNTech revealed that their experimental Covid-19 vaccine, called BNT162b2, was at least 90 percent effective in an early analysis. On…
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As confirmed coronavirus cases rise to their highest levels since the pandemic began, hospitals across the country are reporting critical staff shortages. And those shortages…
Natural disasters are increasing. The world’s poorest are left to fend for themselves.
More than 100 disasters — many of which were climate- and weather-related — have affected more than 50 million people around the world since March,…
“The stakes are life and death”: Addiction treatment’s Covid-19 challenge
When the Covid-19 pandemic forced much of the US to lock down in the spring of 2020, officials and experts worried the necessary social distancing…
Who will get the Covid-19 vaccine first? A CDC advisory panel just weighed in.
With two Covid-19 vaccine candidates expected to be approved for the US market in the coming weeks, a group of experts met Tuesday to advise…
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Joe Biden will become the US president during an extraordinary moment in history, one that could very well prove to be the calm before the…