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With the peak of the latest Omicron wave expected to hit Tasmania, some parents and teachers are nervous about today's start to Term 3 and want masks mandated in schools, not just recommended.

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Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ:META) prosecuted Octopus Data, the U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese national high-tech enterprise Shenzhen Vision Information Technology Co. Octopus Data allegedly offered data scraping services for Facebook and Instagram. Meta also prosecuted a Turkey-based individual, Ekrem Ateş, for allegedly setting up automated Instagram accounts to scrape data from 350,000 Instagram…

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Domtar Corporation, the Paper Excellence Group has agreed to acquire Resolute Forest Products Inc (NYSE:RFP). Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, a significant stockholder of Resolute with a 40% stake, has supported the acquisition. The transaction brings complementary capabilities in lumber and pulp to Paper Excellence. Resolute will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of…

The FDA's independent experts voted to include a SARS-CoV-2 omicron component in COVID-19 vaccines that would be used for boosters in the U.S. beginning in fall 2022. The panel has advised manufacturers to develop modified vaccines that add an omicron BA.4/5 spike protein component to the current vaccine composition to create a…

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) agreed to settle a lawsuit with app developers for $90 million. The app developers accused Google of exploiting agreements with smartphone makers, technical barriers, and revenue-sharing deals to close the app ecosystem effectively and shunt most payments through its Google Play billing system with a default service fee of…

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) announced a new COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with the U.S. government. SVB Leerink says that the new contract implies the price per Comirnaty dose is ~$30.50. Comirnaty U.S. pricing per dose has increased from $19.50 (2020 contracts), to $24 (+23%; 2021 contract), and now to ~$30.50 (+27%).  The analysts…

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) have announced a new vaccine supply agreement with the U.S. government. Under the agreement, the U.S. government will receive 105 million doses (30 µg, 10 µg and 3 µg). This may include adult omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccines, subject to the FDA authorization.  The doses are planned to be delivered…

The White House unveiled the first phase of its national monkeypox vaccine strategy, with plans to send doses to areas with confirmed outbreaks.  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to distribute 296,000 doses of the Bavarian Nordic A/S's (OTC:BVNRY) Jynneos vaccine, an already-developed monkeypox vaccine. The U.S. is releasing 56,000 doses of…

The U.S. government will provide up to $75 million to expand U.K.-listed Croda International Plc's (OTC:COIHF) U.S. manufacturing capacity of ingredients for lipid systems used in novel therapeutic drugs, such as mRNA vaccines. Croda will also invest up to $58 million. The investment will be used to establish a new lipid facility in Lamar,…

Sanofi SA (NASDAQ:SNY) and GSK plc (NYSE:GSK) have announced positive data from their vaccine trial of adjuvanted bivalent D614 and Beta (B.1.351) vaccine candidate.  "Sanofi-GSK's vaccine is the first candidate to demonstrate efficacy in a placebo-controlled trial in an environment of high Omicron variant circulation," Sanofi said in a statement. The bivalent vaccine targets the…