The announcement. Unprecedented that there should be a rich abundance of approaches, all of which rich abundance of approaches, all of which are rich abundance of approaches, all of which are essential. And new data shows another covid 19 vaccine developed in the us that may only require a single dose is 66 effective. In other news, primary schools in wales could re open to all pupils after half term though the nationwide lockdown will continue. And thousands of volunteers helping the nhs with the Vaccine Roll Out will be prioritised for a jab. Hello, and a very good afternoon. The European Medicines Agency is expected to approve the Oxford Astrazeneca Covid Vaccine for use in the eu this afternoon. The uk has been using the Astrazeneca Jab in its Mass Immunisation Programme for weeks now. Meanwhile, the European Commission has published a redacted version of its contract with the pharmaceutical giant in a continuing row about supplies of the vaccine. A contract was signed in august fo
Running mate. In beirut people gather at the port where a devastating chemical blast occurred a week ago it comes a day after the countrys government quit amid huge pressure from protesters. Here in moscow thanks for joining us on our team to national im Daniel Hawkins welcome to the program. Russia says its leading the global race against the coronavirus president putin says the countrys the 1st to register a vaccine which is now ready for mass testing. You know who can use usenet as far as i know this morning the 1st vaccine for corona virus in the world was registered on the countrys Health Minister to further inform us about that but i already know that its working effectively and forming a tough immunity. Ok lets take a closer look now the vaccine itself was developed at moscows again institute initial Clinical Trials are said to have been successful a mass production is expected to begin as early as september in fact next month already now medical workers teachers and those consi
We are also here to talk about other youth sport injury. This newsmaker panel will offer an examination of data, trends, and concussion research, state policies, and whether the u. S. Department of education should adopt mandates. Every state in the union has a concussion related law on the books. A Sports Injury Program regulation on the books, enforcement enforcement of the issue and compliance is the issue. That is what the doctors here this morning and the sports data person is going to be talking to us about. My name is mike smith, i serve on the National Press club makers committee. Our staff facilitator here is joann, who helped us get it started today. Im a columnist for campaign and elections magazine, blog writer for huffington post. I also own mild Public Affair shot, call greene smith Public Affairs in virginia. I have been a member of the National Press club for about 25 years. I tweet as both the smitty pa, our is d. C. Concussions. This newsmaker is being broadcast live
Your back, you scratch mine and we spend the money. But as a consequence were borrowing a Million Dollars a minute. I think we need to be very aware of where we are situated as a country. I think we need to be very aware of the consequences of continuing to borrow a Million Dollars a minute. I think as we go forward we have to understand what the founders intended for our country. We need to understand where our richness, where our greatness came from. Were the richest, greatest, most humanitarian country ever known in the history of man. In 2014 alone we gave away privately, through charity, nearly 3 400 billion. That doesnt happen in cuba, they dont make wealth. If you want to know why we won the cold war, we beat russia and all of communism because the engine of capitalism defeated the engine of communism. Because we produce great wealth is why we were able to defeat the soviet union. If you dont know how wealth is created and you dont realize where wealth come from, if we dont real
Have been a member of the National Press club for 25 years. I tweet, so you will see a lot of tweets, d. C. \ \ dcconcussions you will find additional under our National Press club site. Various press releases have been put on the wire this morning including Health Research on the way here. Washingtons department of health provided a grant to childrens medical medstar, and the agency first didnt Health Research, offering their Technology Platform to collect data and information from parents, teachers, and coaches, and provide information for done diagnostic questions to help student athletes. Monitoringefer to a and Prevention Program implemented on the playground of the d. C. Parks and rec department. The will smith movie, returnedon, has attention to the issue of football and concussions. An item we just saw on the Cable Network about a sports injury, a young at wheat, the student had , it was found. It is not just nfl players. The movie noted the first autopsy, which helps identify,