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By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union reached a deal with Pfizer and BioNTech for 300 million additional doses of their COVID-19 vaccine, the head of the European Commission said on Friday, in a move that would give the EU nearly half of the firms global output for 2021. Pfizer has said it can produce up to 1.3 billion doses around the world this year. The new agreement with the EU comes on top of another order for 300 million doses of the vaccine, branded in the EU unde...

Artificial intelligence helps bring about record-fast vaccines The function of a protein is determined by its 3D shape. Laguna Design/Science Photo Library The rapid development of two highly effective Covid-19 vaccines was made possible through AI technology and innovative collaboration among researchers around the world, including Switzerland. This content was published on January 8, 2021 - 11:00 January 8, 2021 - 11:00 Sara Ibrahim Writes about the impact of new technologies on society: are...

By Martin Quin Pollard WUHAN, China (Reuters) - Large crowds took to the streets at midnight on Friday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, celebrating the arrival of 2021 after a year marred by a deadly pandemic that killed thousands there and required the city to be locked down between the end of January and early April. As per tradition, hundreds gathered in front of the old Hankow Customs House building, one of the city’s more popular New Year’s Eve spots. When the building’s old cloc...