Moderna has said it is suing rival vaccine maker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, citing infringement on its patents in developing the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic.
Saturday, August 27, 2022
Dominic Perrottet flags putting COVID-19 isolation periods on next national cabinet agenda
A push has been revived for Australia's leaders to consider cutting the isolation period for COVID-19 cases as the nation's latest Omicron wave winds down.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has flagged putting COVID-19 isolation back on the agenda when national cabinet is next due to meet on 31 August.
Queensland teachers and school workers face pay cut over COVID-19 vaccine refusal
Queensland teachers facing a pay cut for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are dealing with "the consequences of that choice", federal Aged Care Minister Anika Wells says.
Education Queensland is finalising disciplinary action against about 900 of 54,000 public schoolteachers, aides, administration staff and cleaners who were non-compliant with the state's directive to get vaccinated.
'One person couldn't do it all': Russia says a Ukrainian killed Daria Dugina. Experts aren't so sure
Russian authorities quickly blamed Ukraine for the car bomb that killed a Russian journalist last weekend, but intelligence experts say that although Kyiv is capable of orchestrating such an attack, the prospect is unlikely.
Daria Dugina, 29, who died on Saturday outside Moscow, was the daughter of ultranationalist Alexander Dugin, a vocal supporter of the Ukraine invasion launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin six months ago.
How long should people with COVID-19 have to isolate for? Here's why experts are divided
People in Australia with COVID-19 must currently self- isolate for at least seven days from the date they test positive.
But this week, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet flagged that he would suggest to national cabinet that the mandatory isolation period be reduced to just five days.
Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech over alleged mRNA vaccine patent infringement
Moderna is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic.
The lawsuit, which seeks undetermined monetary damages, was being filed in US District Court in Massachusetts and the Regional Court of Dusseldorf in Germany, Moderna said in a news release on Friday.
Anthony Albanese was cheered for skolling a beer. Are women in power treated the same?
On Monday night, prime minister Anthony Albanese received a standing ovation as he downed a beer while attending a concert by rock band Gang of Youths at the Enmore theatre in Sydney.
In video footage shared online, Mr Albanese can be seen sitting with his partner Jodie Haydon and employment minister Tony Burke, and skolls his drink after being spotted and cheered on by the crowd.
Finland's prime minister has explained her 'boisterous' partying. Is she being unfairly targeted?
Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has hit back at critics who have condemned her for acting unprofessionally after a video of her partying and dancing was leaked.
The video has been shared widely on social media and among local media, but was "filmed in private premises", she told reporters on Thursday.
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