Biogen CEO: ‘Major bottleneck’ still limits Alzheimer’s drug

OCT 20, 2021 @ 1730 GMT | FILE – The Biogen Inc., headquarters, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass. A new Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen brought in only $300,000 in sales during its first full quarter on the market, continuing a slow debut complicated by coverage questions and concerns from doctors. The infused drug, hailed as a potential breakthrough treatment for a fatal disease, has encountered a health care system that “remains a major bottleneck” in keeping the treatment from patients, CEO Michel Vounatsos said Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo)

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — A new Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen brought in only $300,000 in sales during its first full quarter on the market, extending a slow debut complicated by coverage questions and doctor concerns.

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UK courts green investment to fuel carbon-cutting plans

OCT 19, 2021 @ 1830 GMT | Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech during the Global Investment Summit at the Science Museum, London, Tuesday, Oct, 19, 2021. (Pool Photo via AP)

LONDON, UK (AP) — The United Kingdom announced plans Tuesday to stop installing home heating that uses fossil fuels by 2035 as the government hosted a meeting aimed at attracting billions of dollars in foreign investment for green projects in Britain.

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Celebrities join Prince William for Earthshot Prize award

OCT 18, 2021 @ 2030 GMT | Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge attend the first ever Earthshot Prize Awards Ceremony at Alexandra Palace in London on Sunday Oct. 17, 2021. Created by Prince William and The Royal Foundation, The Earthshot Prize has led an unprecedented global search for the most inspiring and innovative solutions to the greatest environmental challenges facing the planet. (AP Photo)

LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — Celebrities joined Prince William in London on Sunday for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot Prize, an ambitious environmental program that aims to find new ideas and technologies around the world to tackle climate change and Earth’s most pressing challenges.

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Volunteers in the sky watch over migrant rescues by sea

OCT 17, 2021 @ 1700 GMT | Migrants navigate on an overcrowded wooden boat in the Central Mediterranean Sea between North Africa and the Italian island of Lampedusa, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, as seen from aboard the humanitarian aircraft Seabird. At least 23,000 people have died or disappeared trying to reach Europe since 2014, according to the United Nations’ migration agency. Despite the risks, many migrants say they’d rather die trying to reach Europe than be returned to Libya. (AP Photo)

ABOARD THE SEABIRD (AP) — As dozens of African migrants traversed the Mediterranean Sea on a flimsy white rubber boat, a small aircraft circling 1,000 feet above closely monitored their attempt to reach Europe.

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Authorities call fatal stabbing of UK lawmaker terrorist act

OCT 16, 2021 @ 1445 GMT | The Union flags above Downing Street have been lowered to half mast to honor British Conservative lawmaker David Amess, in London, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. British Conservative lawmaker David Amess has died after being stabbed Friday during a meeting with constituents at a church in eastern England. A 25-year-old man has been arrested. (PA via AP)

LEIGH-ON-SEA, England (AP) — A long-serving member of Parliament was stabbed to death Friday during a meeting with constituents at a church in England, in what police said was a terrorist incident. A 25-year-old man was arrested in connection with the attack, which united Britain’s fractious politicians in shock and sorrow.

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Made in India virus kits boost testing, and local industry

OCT 15, 2021 @ 2100 GMT | Chief operating officer (Left) of COVID-19 Scale Up Program at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms, or C-CAMP demonstrates the use of the testing machine at their headquarters in Bengaluru, India on Sept. 23, 2021. C-CAMP was tasked with conducting experiments and working with Indian manufacturers of medical technologies to produce indigenously built COVID-19 test kits and components under the C-CAMP InDx program with funding from The Rockefeller Foundation, and help from Tata Consultancy Services. The public-private partnership has helped more than 160 Indian companies to innovate, create mechanisms and collectively manufacture more than a million RT-PCR test kits per day. (AP Photo)

NEW DELHI, India (AP) — As the first wave of the pandemic began to take hold in India, Sanchi Jawa and her 59-year-old father, Harish Jawa, realized that they had the symptoms of a COVID-19 infection. They decided to isolate and get tested — but this was no easy task during the spring of 2020.

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China’s Shenzhou-13 spacecraft docks for 6-month mission

OCT 15, 2021 @ 1800 GMT | In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the crewed spaceship Shenzhou-13, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gobi Desert, Oct. 16, 2021. (Xinhua via AP)

BEIJING, China (AP) — China’s Shenzhou-13 spacecraft carrying three Chinese astronauts docked Saturday at its space station, kicking off a record-setting six-month stay as the country moves toward completing the new orbiting outpost.

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More questions for J&J vaccine boosters ahead of FDA review

OCT 14, 2021 @ 2030 GMT | FILE – In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021 file photo, a pharmacist holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y. Janssen Pharmaceuticals is a division of Johnson & Johnson. On Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration said it is wrestling with whether and when recipients of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine need another dose — at six months or as early as two months. (AP Photo)

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is wrestling with whether and when to offer another dose of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, while a new study out Wednesday raises the prospect that using a different brand as the booster might work better.

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Energy agency urges bigger global push to cut emissions

OCT 13, 2021 @ 2045 GMT | FILE – In this Thursday, April 29, 2021 file photo, a coal-fired RWE power plant steams on a sunny day in Neurath, Germany. The International Energy Agency is urging governments to make stronger commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions at an upcoming U.N. climate summit. The 30-country organization said Wednesday, Oct. 13 in its annual world energy outlook that the economic rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic also has seen an increase in the use of coal and oil as well as a leap in emissions. (AP File Photo)

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The International Energy Agency is urging governments to make stronger commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions at an upcoming U.N. climate summit, warning the world is not on track to meet environmental goals and that new investment in clean energy was needed to “jolt the energy system onto a new set of rails.”

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California coronavirus death count tops 70,000 as cases fall

OCT 12, 2021 @ 1430 GMT | FILE – In this Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, file photo, motorists wait in lines to take a coronavirus test in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium, in Los Angeles. On Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, California’s coronavirus death toll reached 70,000. (AP Photo)

CALIFORNIA, United States (AP) — California’s coronavirus death toll reached another once-unfathomable milestone — 70,000 people — on Monday as the state emerges from the latest infection surge with the lowest rate of new cases among all states.

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