Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images Vaccine maker Novavax on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue and earnings that missed Wall Street’s estimates and reiterated plans to cut costs as it fights to stay afloat. Still, Novavax narrowed its losses in the quarter from the same period a year ago, even as demand for the biotech company’s Covid vaccine – its […]
Novavax (NVAX) earnings report Q4 2023
Avian flu alert, the virus could pass from human to human
A virus that is evolving, capable of traveling thousands of kilometers to Antarctica and infect a 22 month old girl (it happened on February 23 in Hong Kong). The avian flu virus is now scary because, experts explain, that infected little girl, who appears to have had no contact with animals, would demonstrate the pathogen’s ability to transmit from man […]
Elisabetta Belloni: “76 countries around the world are voting this year: risk of electoral interference”
“In 2024 76 countries of the worldequal to half the world’s population, they will go to the vote and there are risks of interference and conditioning of electoral processes through the hybrid threat” warns the director of the Dis (Department of Information for Security), Elisabetta Belloni, at the presentation of the annual intelligence report. Alongside the former general secretary of […]
Minister Abodi: 2024 is an exciting year, sport must promote respect
Italian sport will present itself at the 2024 events with its head held high, said Minister Abodi. The redevelopment of Caivano “is just the beginning” and on the bulletin board: “Those who don’t respect the rules are out of the stadiums”
History and origins of Halloween, the trick-or-treat party
History and origins of Halloween, the trick-or-treat party On October 31st of every year, witches’ night is celebrated around the world, now known as Halloween. In Italy it is All Saints’ Eve, let’s see how this occasion was born
"Taylor Swift Expert Wanted": the job advert for the V&A Museum in London
The famous museum urgently seeks a consultant to offer insights into the cultural phenomenon created by the 14-time Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter
Inflation vs. deflation: Retailers fear falling prices
A man with a paper bag of groceries looks surprised and upset at a receipt from a supermarket with high prices against the background of an escalator with customers in the shopping center. Elena Perova | Istock | Getty Images Just ahead of the holiday season, Walmart had encouraging news for inflation-weary shoppers: Prices on food and other staples were […]
A common anesthetic could improve the social symptoms of depression
Ketamine, a common anesthetic, given in low doses, could help improve the social symptoms of depression. To explain the mechanism behind this encouraging prospect a studypublished in the magazine Molecular Psychiatryconducted by scientists at Osaka University. The mouse study The team, led by Rei Yokoyama, used a mouse model to evaluate the use of this drug in cases of depression. […]
Todde-Truzzu head to head. The turnout was 52.4%
Todde in the lead in Cagliari, Sassari and Nuoro “unofficially” data from the first seats. Truzzu commands in Olbia Three hours after the start of the counting, still no official results in Sardinia on yesterday’s vote. In the press room set up in the regional headquarters in Cagliari, the screen that should illustrate the percentages live with the sections scrutinized […]
Cristiano Ronaldo’s bad gesture becomes a case
The Portuguese champion was the protagonist of a sensational reaction towards the public on the 21st day of the Saudi League. Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr defeated Al-Shabab 3-2 away, but the former Juventus player ends up in trouble. He celebrates in a decidedly vulgar way, perhaps in Italy it would have only made many people shake their heads, but in Saudi […]