WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting the public about an increased risk of serious heart-related problems and cancer with the arthritis and ulcerative colitis medicine Xeljanz, Xeljanz XR (tofacitinib) compared to another type of medicine called tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors.

The FDA required the safety trial, which also investigated other potential risks, including blood clots in the lungs and death.

Those final results are not yet available. “We will evaluate the clinical trial results we have received to date and will work with the drug manufacturer to obtain further information as soon as possible,” the FDA said Thursday in a news release. “We will communicate our final conclusions and recommendations

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Disney fires Gina Carano from ‘Mandalorian’ over Holocaust remark

Disney has cut ties with Mandalorian actor and mixed martial artist Gina Carano after she compared being conservative today to being Jewish in Nazi Germany on social media.“Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future,” a Lucasfilm spokesperson said in a statement. “Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”Carano’s talent agency, UTA, has also dumped her, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

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Coronavirus: Pallister blasts federal government over lack of made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccines

Speaking to the media on Thursday, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister blasted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal government over their lack of a made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine supply, saying their strategy of Canada first was in danger of becoming “Canada last” due to vaccine delays.

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Breaking ASTI withdraws from talks with Education Dept over Leaving Cert

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Banned From Instagram Over Promoting Debunked COVID-19 Vaccine Claims

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Germany to reinstate border controls over virus variant

BERLIN – The German government decided Thursday to temporarily reinstate border controls along its southeastern frontier after designating the Czech Republic and parts of Austria as “mutation areas" due to their high number of variant coronavirus cases, German news agency dpa reported.

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Over $33K in coronavirus fines issued at the University of Guelph amid outbreak

University of Guelph‘s campus police have issued over $33,000 in coronavirus-related fines since a COVID-19 outbreak was declared on Jan. 21.The outbreak was caused by what officials called “unsanctioned social gatherings” inside a campus residence on Jan.

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Operation Game Over: 75 arrested in Super Bowl human trafficking sting, sheriff says

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Covid-19 vaccination: Over 74 lakh beneficiaries inoculated in India so far

Covid-19 vaccination has reached 74,30,866, with 4,13,752 people getting inoculated till 7 pm on Thursday, the union health ministry said.Of the total, 85,604 were healthcare workers, while the other 3,28,148 beneficiaries were frontline workers on Thursday. As many as 47 AEFIs were also reported.Also Read | Inside the Mindtree makeover strategy"Total of 1,53,799 sessions have been held so far.

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Fresh basil recalled over cyclospora concerns, FDA says

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Germany to restrict travel with neighbours over coronavirus mutations

Germany plans to impose restrictions on travel from Austria and the Czech Republic over concerns about aggressive mutations of the coronavirus, potentially disrupting cross-country commuters and commerce.The German states of Bavaria and Saxony have asked the federal government to establish border controls with the neighbouring countries, Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder said on Thursday.Also Read | Inside the Mindtree makeover strategy“We think it is necessary that both will be declared mutation areas," Soeder told reporters in Munich. “This will probably happen."A meeting is set to be held this afternoon to discuss the move, according to the Bild newspaper.

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Covid mass vaccine centre 'forced to close over supply issues for next 2-3 weeks'

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Over 120 anti-Trump Republicans discussing forming new political party: sources

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'We'll be left without families': Fear in Ethiopia's Tigray

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Two masks, snug fit reduces Covid-19 spread - US study

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Over 13,000 railway health care staff vaccinated against COVID-19

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Coronavirus India update: Active cases increase, over 70 lakh vaccinated

Delhi Health Department said the total count of cases has gone up to 6,36,387 including 1046 active cases.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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Reports: Mori to resign Tokyo Olympics over sexist remarks

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Questions over province’s vaccine priority list

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We made playlists to fit any Valentine’s Day mood

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Toronto police issue warning about taxi scam

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Guided wintertime tours offer chance to catch glimpse into Saskatchewan’s birdlife

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Bury vaccine centres deliver 35,000 Covid-19 jabs as council issues call to borough's most vulnerable

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AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine can be used for people aged over 65 - WHO

WHO vaccine experts have said that the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine could be used for people aged over 65, and also in settings where variants of the virus are circulating.

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COVID-19 vaccine: WHO panel recommends Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for people over 65

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QB Heinicke re-signs with Washington for $8.75M over 2 years

Washington re-signed quarterback Taylor Heinicke on Wednesday to a two-year, $8.75 million contract.

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Community volunteers offer to help administer Covid-19 vaccines

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Texas judge issues Zoom warning after lawyer struggles with cat filter

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Covid-19 vaccination drive: Over 68 lakh people inoculated in India so far

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Government 'kite flying' over restriction changes - SF

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EU chief expresses ‘deep regret’ over vaccine rollout, export control threats

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South Africa replaces AstraZeneca with unapproved J&J vaccine over variant concerns

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Senate will hear opening arguments Wednesday as Trump fumes over 2nd impeachment trial

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Covid maths: All the virus in the world would fit in a coke can

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UN agencies press EU over rising migrant pushback cases

BRUSSELS – U.N. agencies are pressing the European Union to end the growing practices of denying migrants their right to apply for asylum, collectively expulsing them and using violence against people trying to enter the bloc without authorization.

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WHO's Wuhan mission over Covid origin ends. 5 questions still unanswered

World Health Organization expert mission to China ended this week without finding the source of the coronavirus that has killed over 2.3 million worldwide.But the team of foreign experts did agree the virus likely jumped from bats to an unknown animal species, before being transmitted to humans.It also concluded that it was "extremely unlikely" that the virus came from a high-security lab in the central city of Wuhan, appearing to quash a number of theories linking the city's virology institute to the outbreak.Huge global pressure and scrutiny trailed the team during its probe in China, which mission member Peter Daszak described as working "flat out under the most politically charged environment possible."After a mission that lasted nearly

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EU chief: Bloc was late, over-confident on vaccine rollout

BRUSSELS – As the European Union surpassed the toll of 500,000 people lost to the virus, the EU Commission chief said Wednesday that the bloc's much-criticized vaccine rollout could be partly blamed on the EU being over-optimistic, over-confident and plainly “late."

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EU top official regrets 'mistakes' over vaccine export gaffe

BRUSSELS – The European Union's top official expressed regret for creating a row with Britain last month when the bloc briefly considered applying an emergency restriction on exports of COVID-19 vaccines also to the U.K.'s Northern Ireland.

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Von der Leyen faces questions over vaccine roll-out

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will be questioned by MEPs on her handling of the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines and the controversy over the Commission's attempt to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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