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A committee of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday voted unanimously that a vaccine from Pfizer, given as an injection during pregnancy, is efficacious at protecting infants from severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease during the first 6 months of life. If approved by the agency, the vaccine would be a major advance against a disease that is the leading cause of hospitalization of U.S. infants. But troubled by side effect…

<!----> UBS and Rothschild & Co were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in the automotive sector during the first quarter (Q1) of 2023 by value and volume, respectively, according to the latest financial advisers league table by data and analytics company…

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US President Joe Biden will discuss the "risks and opportunities" that artificial intelligence poses for people, society and national security during a meeting with science and technology advisers at the White House, an official said. Biden, a Democrat, is scheduled to meet with the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) on the same day that his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, surrenders in New York over charges stemming from a probe into hush money paid to a porn star. Biden has…

TikTok has enlisted three heavyweights from American politics and business to advise it behind the scenes as the social-media app tries to convince U.S. authorities that it isn’t beholden to the Chinese government. David Plouffe and Jim Messina, veterans of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns, and Zenia Mucha, the former longtime communications chief of Walt Disney Co.…

Cryptocurrencies have become a popular investment choice over the years, with several platforms providing investors with opportunities to buy, trade, and store digital assets. However, with the increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies, the risks of exploitation and hacking have also risen. The Algorand (ALGO) community recently suffered an exploit that resulted in the loss of around $9.6 million worth of ALGO tokens. On the other hand, HedgeUp (HDUP) is a new cryptocurrency gaining traction in the market. Analysts…

Credit: Shutterstock There are numerous factors that influence public trust in government, one in particular is the relationship with people in power and lobby groups. Some of the recent scandals that have damaged public trust in British politics have related to people with private financial interests having far more access to politicians than we might like—and with people connected to politicians getting special treatment.…

JP Morgan and Rothschild & Co were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in the automotive sector for Q1–Q3 2022 by value and volume, respectively, according to the latest Financial Advisers League Table by GlobalData, which ranks financial advisers by the value and volume of M&A deals on which they advised. Based on its Financial Deals Database, the leading data and analytics company has…

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and CMS were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the automotive sector for Q1–Q3 2022 by value and volume, respectively, according to the latest Legal Advisers League Table by GlobalData, which ranks legal advisers by the value and volume of M&A deals on which they advised. Free Report…

Elon Musk is quickly setting to work a group of advisers, investors and employees from elsewhere in his business empire to help him reimagine Twitter Inc. in his first days as its new owner.The group is working on a range of initiatives to try to bolster the platform’s user experience and revenue, according to people involved in the effort, while Mr. Musk continued to publicly float potential changes in a series of tweets. Mr. Musk’s team outlined three pillars of its plan for the platform…