Ketevan Shoshiashvili

Four New COVID Vaccines Being Tested in the Netherlands

The world is rushing to develop a vaccine against Covid-19—and in the Netherlands, several partnerships between public institutions and private companies show promising signs. Four studies are underway in collaboration with the Dutch government, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, university researchers, multinational health care company Johnson & Johnson, and nonprofit research and development vaccine institute Intravacc. Researchers at Wageningen Bioveterinary Research and Utre

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US wrestles with economic response to coronavirus pandemic

A piece of legislation aimed at economic relief from the coronavirus pandemic is in front of the Senate, but experts are divided on how the virus—and federal relief efforts in its wake—will affect the economy. The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a $3 trillion stimulus bill, known as the Heroes Act, last month that would provide an additional $1,200 direct payment per family member and $600 per household, close to $1 trillion to state, local, territorial and tribal g

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Georgia's Orthodox Christians will go to church on Easter and drink wine from a communal spoon, tempting coronavirus

Orthodox Christians in the country of Georgia are torn between following civil and church leaders ahead of Easter, one of the most important holidays for the church. And a shared spoon has become the symbol of the conflict. Critics have denounced the single communion spoon that serves wine to all churchgoers during a service, as a way to spread coronavirus. But most church officials have urged members to come to services, and say they will not change how they celebrate the sa

U.S. helps broker political deal in Georgia

Last year, the Georgia government cracked down on pro-democratic protesters. Now the U.S. embassy is getting involved in a new political agreement hailed by pro-democracy forces in the U.S. ally. The Trump administration and U.S. politicians from both parties have been concerned about the increasingly authoritarian tilt of Georgia. A new political deal struck earlier this month between the opposition and the ruling government may help further peace in a country which fought a disastrous war wit