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The next pandemic could be more lethal than the current Covid-19 crisis, one of the Scientists that created the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has warned. Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert, speaking Sunday, December 5, at the 44th Richard Dimbleby Lecture, said there needs to be more funding for pandemic preparedness against future pandemics.  Dame Sarah added that people should be cautious until more is known about the Omicron variant warning that vaccines could be less effective against it. She said: "This will not be the last time a virus threatens our lives and our livelihoods. The truth is, the next one could be worse. It could be more contagious, or more lethal, or both. "We cannot allow a situation where we have gone through all we have gone through, and then find that the enormous economic losses we have sustained mean that there is still no funding for pandemic preparedness," she added.  "The advances we have made, and the knowledge we have gained, must n...

Ousted Myanmar leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison, months after her government was was toppled by the military and she was arrested, prompting international condemnation.    On Monday, December 6, she was found guilty on charges of inciting dissent and breaking Covid rules under a natural disasters law and now faces 11 charges in total, all of which she has denied.   She has been under house arrest since February when the military launched a coup, toppling her elected civilian government and detaining leaders. It is not clear when or if Ms Suu Kyi will be placed in prison. Co-defendant Win Myint, the former president and Ms Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party ally, was also jailed on Monday for four years under the same charges.   Dr Sasa, a spokesman for the newly formed National Unity Government, a group made up of pro-democracy figures and opponents of the coup, said;  "She is not OK... militar...

  CNN's most-watched anchor, Chris Cuomo has been fired by the network "effective immediately."   Chris was sacked on Saturday December 4, in the wake of revelations he had helped his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, while he faced multiple accusations of sexual harassment.    Prior to this, it was claimed that CNN management was not aware of his actions which breached the traditional ethics of journalism. CNN was initially suspended Cuomo "indefinitely" on Tuesday November 30, but sacked him on Saturday after a law firm retained by the network submitted its findings on Friday December 3.    Producers and other staffers who work on "Cuomo Prime Time" will remain in place. Michael Smerconish, Cuomo's regular substitute, will host the 9 p.m. Eastern hour next week.   CNN said in a statement:    "Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further evaluation of ne...

James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the teen charged in the Oxford High School shooting, pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges after police said they arrested them in a Detroit warehouse following an hours-long search.   A judge in Michigan's Oakland County set bond at $500,000 each for James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of Ethan Crumbley, the teen jailed on suspicion of killing four schoolmates and wounding seven other people at Oxford High School on Tuesday.   The detained couple, sitting alone in separate rooms, made their arraignment appearance by video conference with the judge, their attorneys, and the county prosecutor.     Both spoke little beyond saying they understood each charge -- with Jennifer Crumbley appearing to cry between words   and pleaded "not guilty" to each.   During the arraignment, their attorneys stressed their clients had fully intended to turn themselves in befor...