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WASHINGTON — Novavax’s closely watched COVID-19 vaccine is on track for full approval after additional discussions with the Food and Drug Administration, the company said Wednesday.The news sent company shares soaring more than 21% in morning trading and appeared to resolve concerns that Trump administration officials might be holding up a decision on the shot.Novavax makes the nation’s only traditional protein-based COVID-19 vaccine. It is still being sold under emergency use authorization — unlike mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna that have earned full FDA approval for certain age groups.The FDA recently asked Novavax to develop a plan for…

The United Football League (the “UFL”), the new premier spring football league born from the merger of the USFL and XFL, was announced on New Year’s Eve. On New Year’s Day, the league revealed the eight teams that will compete in its inaugural season, as well as the coaches who will lead each franchise.The UFL season begins on March 30 with a matchup between the Birmingham Stallions and the Arlington Renegades, last year’s champions of the USFL and XFL, respectively.Those teams will be joined by six others and sorted into two conferences — the USFL Conference and the XFL Conference.The teams are as…

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced Wednesday.It’s the fourth global bleaching event since 1998, and has now surpassed bleaching from 2014-17 that hit some two-thirds of reefs, said the ICRI, a mix of more than 100 governments, non-governmental organizations and others. And it’s not clear when the current crisis, which began in 2023 and is blamed on warming oceans, will end.“We may never see the heat stress that causes bleaching dropping below the threshold…

There are plenty of metrics that drive Aramark Sports + Entertainment’s business decisions in the eight NFL venues in which it handles food and beverage provision. The NFL’s Voice of the Fan Gameday Experience surveys have in recent years added two more: variety and quality. Where customer throughput, per-cap spending, and basket size are hard metrics — easily quantified by seconds or dollars — variety and quality are what Aramark S+E’s VP/Data Science Scott McDade calls “soft metrics.” Variety and quality are subjective, but they become less so when fans’ opinions are gathered en masse, like they are through the…

The Cleveland Browns shocked many observers around the NFL when they didn’t take Shedeur Sanders during the first two days of the draft. After passing on him on six opportunities, the Browns eventually ended the draft’s biggest drama by taking Sanders with the 144th overall pick Saturday.”I can’t speak to the market pricing the way it did,” general manager Andrew Berry said after Sanders’ selection. “Once it got to the point it was a pretty steep discount — this made the most sense. “It’s a guy that we think can outproduce his draft slot,” Berry added. “I wouldn’t say it’s any more…

A group of banks including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays and Mitsubishi UFJ sold the final piece of debt tied to billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout of social media platform Twitter, now called X, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The $1.2 billion of loans were sold at 98 cents on the dollar, the report added. Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Mitsubishi UFJ and X did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment. Bank of America declined to comment.Reuters reported earlier this month that Morgan Stanley was offering the debt in the…

MEXICO CITY — Mexico and the United States said Monday they had reached an agreement that involves Mexico immediately sending more water from their shared Rio Grande basin to Texas farmers after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs and sanctions earlier this month.“Mexico has committed to make an immediate transfer of water from international reservoirs and increase the U.S. share of the flow in six of Mexico’s Rio Grande tributaries through the end of the current five-year water cycle,” U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement.Bruce thanked Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum for her involvement in facilitating cross-border…

Counter-terror police are “assessing” a second video of a Kneecap performance – after it allegedly saw the rap trio calling for the death of Conservative MPs.The footage is believed to have been taken during one of the Northern Irish band’s concerts in November 2023. One member of the group is alleged to have said: “The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.”On Wednesday the Metropolitan Police revealed its counter-terror unit was investigating another clip of a Kneecap performance over claims it showed one member shouting: “Up Hamas, up Hezbollah”.That video was from a Kneecap gig at…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tragedies that require first responders, and sometimes involve them, often prompt departmental change. Over the years, mental health support for first responders has become a focus of those conversations. “This is a demanding job and its toll on people is cumulative,” said Richard Gist, retired deputy director for health and safety for the Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department. Expert stresses importance of first responder mental health services Over decades, Gist watched mental health services for paramedics and firefighters go from minimal to robust amounts. Among many things, Gist facilitated the development of KCFD’s peer support system…

Keyshawn Johnson breaks down Shedeur Sanders’ shocking fall to the 5th round and discusses what went wrong in the draft process. Source link