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Australian Red Cross makes an urgent appeal to blood donors
November 17, 2020 01:50 PM AEDT | By Kunal SawhneyAustralia is facing a shortage of two of its most common types of blood groups, O+ and A+, and the Australian Red Cross has urgently called for donors...

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine impresses, demonstrates 94.5% efficacy
November 17, 2020 01:41 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaUS biotech firm Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) on 16 November 2020 announced that its experimental vaccine against COVID-19, mRNA-1273 was 94.5% effective,...

What is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership?
November 16, 2020 06:15 PM AEDT | By Edita IvancevicAfter eight years of meetings, negotiations and discussions, Australia finally signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) deal on S...

SpaceX, NASA Make History with First Crew Dragon Launch to Space
November 16, 2020 04:18 PM AEDT | By Hina ChowdharyAt EST 7:27 PM (Sunday 15 November 2020) the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft "Resilience" lifted off four astronauts to the Internat...

High alert in South Australia after first coronavirus outbreak in mo...
November 16, 2020 04:13 PM AEDT | By Kunal SawhneyThe coronavirus continues to be an incessant problem as the extremely contagious nature of the viral infection leaves no room for complacency. Re...

Biden Gets Ready for White House Despite Trump’s Refusal to Concede
November 15, 2020 12:52 AM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaThe presidential race to the White House has finally come to an end with Joe Biden elected as the 46th President of the US on Saturday, 7 November 202...

E-commerce boom: Brazil the next major country to reap the benefits
November 14, 2020 04:17 AM AEDT | By Kunal SawhneyE-commerce activity has soared to record heights throughout the current coronavirus pandemic due to rise in demand levels. The widespread use of e-pay...

Ford Unveils New All-Electric Commercial Transit Van
November 13, 2020 04:33 PM AEDT | By Kunal SawhneyAs part of Ford's plan to invest USD 11.5 billion in electric vehicles through 2022, the American automaker company has unveiled its new all-electric...

Sony launches PlayStation 5 amid COVID-19 gaming boom
November 12, 2020 07:58 PM AEDT | By Kunal SawhneyOn 12 November, Sony Corp (TYP:6758) PlayStation 5 console went on sale following the launch of newest Xbox by the rival Microsoft competing for the h...

COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough fuels US tech stocks’ sell-off
November 12, 2020 06:13 PM AEDT | By Kunal SawhneyThe US achieved a significant milestone in the direction of COVID-19 vaccine when on 09 November 2020, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq...

How will Biden victory affect health insurance in the US?
November 12, 2020 05:06 PM AEDT | By Edita IvancevicAfter the US welcomed their new Democrat president Joe Biden in the most intense presidential elections ever, many Americans greeted the decision with...

How Australia is planning to cash in on Blockchain technology?
November 11, 2020 05:30 PM AEDT | By Kunal SawhneyThe Australian government, in its December 2018 Tech Future report, highlighted that Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Internet of Things (Io...

Is Hydrogen the fuel of the future?
November 11, 2020 03:59 PM AEDT | By Edita IvancevicIn a world where the need for sustainable energy is growing by the day, engineers are facing a crucial task of finding new resources. After NASA star...

Petco plans to go public, files IPO with the US Securities and Excha...
November 11, 2020 02:19 PM AEDT | By Hina ChowdharyPetco Animal Supplies Inc has announced its intentions to go public in the US after having submitted a registration form S-1 to the US Securities and...
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Brazil Halts Clinical Trials of Sinovac’s COVID-19 Vaccine, CoronaVa...
November 10, 2020 05:26 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaAnvisa, the Brazilian health regulator, has paused the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech Ltd’s (NASDAQ:SVA) COVID-19 final-stage cl...

GE Healthcare in partnership with GenesisCare to deliver improved Ca...
November 10, 2020 03:33 PM AEDT | By Hina ChowdharyGE Healthcare is the healthcare division of the American multinational conglomerate, General Electric (NYSE: GE). The division alone is valued at US$1...

Pfizer, BioNTech’s share prices jump on upbeat COVID-19 vaccine news
November 10, 2020 01:13 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaOn 9 November 2020, Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) announced that their vaccine candidate, BNT162b2 was found to be over 90% effe...

AstraZeneca (AZN) and Regeneron (REGN) beat COVID-19 blues, report s...
November 10, 2020 12:24 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaDuring the current reporting season, several companies have reported losses due to the impact of the ongoing pandemic. However, in the healthcare sect...

Uber's food delivery business ahead in the race; Ride services takin...
November 08, 2020 08:05 AM AEDT | By Kunal SawhneyGlobal e-hail company Uber Technologies Inc released a statement on Thursday stating that the demand for its food-delivery service Uber Eats rose expo...

European countries are re-imposing lockdowns amid the second wave of...
November 08, 2020 08:00 AM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaThe Coronavirus has infected more than 48 million people on the planet in a span of mere nine months. The outbreak has been witnessed across the globe...