Indian capital delhi. They fear theyll be exploited in the new agricultural reforms and theyre prepared for a long battle. And we go to japan to me, to get into the giant battle robot that surprisingly has an antiwar message. As welcome to the program, covered 19 has dominated headlines this year, but there is another pandemic that still affects and kills millions of people around the world. United nations figures show that 38000000. 00 people were living with h. I. V. Last year, nearly 700000 of them died as a result of their hiv infection. But prevention and treatment measures are showing some promise in the last decade, the number of new infections has deep priest. And so has the number of people whose death was caused directly by aids. All factors related to the immune deficiency syndrome. Experts predict that trend will reverse this year because of the covert, 19 pandemic, and lock downs, causing a shortage of hiv medication. Its estimated there could be an additional 1400000. 00
Well, its looking like the f. D. A. In america is probably going to be making an announcement round about the 17th of december. And if thats the case, and if thats positive, then these vaccines are going to be shipped literally within hours, as weve just heard on that report. Now in terms of the european situation, the europeans measured medicines agency, typically this can take months or even up to a year to approve a new vaccine. So we really are in unprecedented territory here. And its going to be remarkably interesting to see what sort of timelines they come up with. But i think we can rest assured that they will be working flat out on this. Theyll be doing a lot more. A lot of hard work on the fires that are not important. Remember, its a rolling program, so they have access to much more information than we have pfizer mid and it will be reporting to them on a daily basis with the latest information will have all the latest information at their fingertips. But of course, this is n
Could be undone by the corona virus. And its one year since bills are funded took over the helm of the european union. We take a look at where shes made progress and where shes fallen short bus. The most innovative car maker in the world means germanys highly regulated labor system. Musk is in berlin for talks with union chiefs as welcome to the program. We start with what could be a glimmer of light. At the end of the covert tunnel, europe could see to covert 900. 00 Vaccines Available by the end of this year. In the past few hours, u. S. Drugmaker finds and its german partner biotech announced they have submitted their vaccine for emergency approval by the european medicines agency. A day after drug company, madonna asked for emergency approval of its vaccine in both europe and the united states. Finding effective vaccines is a crucial part of tackling the coronavirus pandemic. Madonna and pfizer biotech have now both applied for emergency approval moderna hopes its vaccine could get
Also north american slavery more generally. Her riding has appeared in and civilmonitor war history journal and she is working to compile her phd dissertation into a book. That will be well worth looking into. You can see the powerpoint under the rubble lash, black prisoners of war in the confederate south. She will speak for about 25 minutes, which will give us plenty of time for discussion. You can type in your questions q ag vq and a using the feature. You will not be up to use the chat. In anytimepe those during the talk. We may not be able to get to all of the questions. We will wrap things up by about 8 15. Ok, that is all for me. Please join me in what ever the round of applause may be maybe it is a round of laws. Dr. Newhall . Thank you, paul. Thank you to everybody for being here tonight. Its such a pleasure to share my research with you and go through the details, my findings. This has been a labor of love. I am excited to have and just really try to understand what this time
Like in the information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at the. Science of. The coronavirus pandemic has put the spotlight on the often difficult relationship between science and politics. In the scientific world researchers tried a slow and methodical top in the search for truth but for some politicians the rush to deliver quick and easy answers to complex questions has made Scientific Research into a political football. How does the virus spread. To mosques really protect their way or isnt. Do is most at risk from the punjab make. Sure our government researchers are still learning about the virus trying to understand how it behaves and devising strategies to fighters. They need politicians to turn their findings into Public Policy but that collaboration is often far from straightforward. This is d. W. s covert 900 special im paid ferguson thanks for joining me here