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Updated COVID vaccines prevented illness from latest variants: CDC 25 Jan 2023 - 09:16 pm
A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (covid-19) booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US, September 8, 2022. (REUTERS/Hannah Beier)
WHO investigating links between cough syrup deaths, considers advice for parents 24 Jan 2023 - 02:10 pm
A cough medication is poured in this picture illustration taken October 19, 2022. File Photo: Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Illustration/Reuters
WHO seeks $2.5 bn for health emergency responses in 2023 23 Jan 2023 - 06:40 pm
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Billions still exposed to toxic trans fat: WHO 23 Jan 2023 - 01:00 pm
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Eating less beats intermittent fasting for weight loss, study says 18 Jan 2023 - 02:16 pm
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Pfizer to sell more drugs at cost to poor nations 17 Jan 2023 - 10:48 pm
In this file photo taken on December 22, 2020 in Puurs, Begium, the logo of US multinational pharmaceutical company Pfizer at the production site of the Covid-19 vaccine that was given the European Union's green light the day before, paving the way for vaccinations to finally start in the 27-nation block. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)
WHO recommends that China monitor excess COVID-19 mortality 16 Jan 2023 - 08:10 pm
A medical worker checks the IV drip treatment of a patient lying on a bed in the emergency department of a hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China, on January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo
What we know about the ‘kraken’ covid variant XBB.1.5 and why it’s causing concern 12 Jan 2023 - 12:43 pm
A man passes in front of a Covid 19 laboratory at the Saint-Jacques CHU (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire) in Nantes, western France, on January 11, 2023. (Photo by Loic Venance / AFP)
WHO working with China on Lunar New Year COVID risks, lacks data 11 Jan 2023 - 06:59 pm
A woman and a child walk along a road with red lanterns hanging on trees for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at a park in Beijing on January 11, 2023. (Photo by Wang Zhao / AFP)
Pharma lobby blasts 'stupid' pandemic patent plans 11 Jan 2023 - 05:58 pm
A lab technician tests wastewater samples from around the United States for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Biobot Analytics, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on February 22, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
WHO urges travellers to wear masks as new COVID variant spreads 10 Jan 2023 - 08:09 pm
File Photo: People are seen waiting at the arrivals area of terminal 5 at Heathrow International airport following the lifting of restrictions on the entry of non-US citizens imposed to help curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (covid-19), in London, Britain November 8, 2021. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
WHO backs mask-wearing on long flights given rapid US spread of Omicron variant 10 Jan 2023 - 03:26 pm
Passengers walk through the International arrivals area of Terminal 5 in London's Heathrow Airport, Britain, August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Omicron COVID booster cuts hospitalization in over 65s - study 09 Jan 2023 - 05:50 pm
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Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg discourage travel to Covid-hit China 07 Jan 2023 - 09:09 pm
People arrive to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, in Shanghai on January 7, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Alzheimer’s drug from Eisai, Biogen gets FDA accelerated approval 06 Jan 2023 - 11:09 pm
The logo of Eisai Co Ltd is displayed at the company headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, March 8, 2018. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
China COVID data underrepresents surge, deaths: WHO 04 Jan 2023 - 06:39 pm
A logo is pictured at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 14, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Experts sceptical that China travel curbs will be effective 03 Jan 2023 - 10:38 pm
A passenger wearing a face shield and mask amid the Covid-19 pandemic boards a domestic flight at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai on January 3, 2023. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP)
Countries mandate COVID tests for China travelers 02 Jan 2023 - 10:28 pm
Travellers of a flight from China enter the COVID-19 testing centre of the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy, outside Paris, on January 1, 2023. (Photo by Julien De Rosa / AFP)