May 6, 2021 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine effective against coronavirus variants, study finds A new COVID-19 vaccine study out of Israel claims the Pfizer jabs are effective against variants, according to reports.
May 4, 2021 South African driver a study in calm as he comes under gunfire: video The driver of a van carrying cash in South Africa displayed iron calm as he and a passenger came under heavy gunfire, according to a dramatic viral video.
April 6, 2021 Ben Carson blasts Omar's 'disgusting' Georgia-Apartheid comparison, says Biden doesn't understand 'Jim Crow' Former HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson said Tuesday on "The Story" that it was "disgusting" to hear Rep. Ilhan Omar compare Georgia's new election law to South African Apartheid of the mid-20th Century
March 30, 2021 KFC is 'borrowing' other brands' slogans as replacements for 'Finger Lickin' Good' KFC, which temporarily retired its “finger lickin’ good” catchphrase in the U.K and South Africa after the coronavirus pandemic made “finger lickin’” a taboo act, is now borrowing the iconic catchphrases from other popular brands — like Nike, L’Oreal and Red Bull — to market its chicken.
February 11, 2021 South Africa eyes selling or swapping AstraZeneca vaccines South Africa wants to sell or swap its first batch of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine just days after getting it — because a new study suggested it might not protect against its dominant mutation.
February 8, 2021 South Africa suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines after study finds limited impact on variant South Africa has temporarily suspended use of a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University after preliminary findings showed the jab had little impact on curbing mild to moderate infections due to a variant strain.
January 21, 2021 South African coronavirus variant may lower vaccine efficacy, 'escapes' plasma therapy: scientists Concerning preliminary findings published Wednesday add to growing evidence that a coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa escapes the neutralization power by antibodies in convalescent plasma.
January 11, 2021 Coronavirus sidelines US ambassador to South Africa; recuperating after ICU stint The United States ambassador to South Africa, Lana Marks, spent 10 days in intensive care with COVID-19 and is now recuperating at her residence, she announced Monday.
January 8, 2021 South African coronavirus variant is more transmissible but not more severe: expert A mutated form of COVID-19 first identified in South Africa is indeed more transmissible but, at this time, does not appear to cause more severe disease, an infectious disease expert who is helping to advise the country’s health minister said.
January 6, 2021 South African coronavirus variant may ‘obviate’ antibody drugs, former FDA head says Though COVID-19 vaccines will likely render effective against the South African coronavirus variant -- according to an infectious disease expert -- the former head of the Food and Drug Administration said the strain may “obviate” other countermeasures, including antibody drugs.