Covid-19 News
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FDA strikes neutral tone ahead of vaccine booster meeting
Influential government advisers will debate Friday if there's enough proof that a booster dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine is safe...
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What is the mu variant of the coronavirus?
What is the mu variant?It's a version of the coronavirus that was first identified in Colombia in January and has...
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Japan upgrades Q2 GDP on stronger business spending
Japan's economy grew faster than the initially estimated in the April-June quarter, helped by solid capital expenditure, although a resurgence...
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Fire at Covid hospital kills 10 in North Macedonia
At least 10 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital treating Covid-19 patients in North Macedonia.Footage shared...
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Chilean health regulator approves CoronaVac use among children age 6+
The Chilean health regulator on Monday (Sep 6) approved the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinovac Biotech for use in...
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Study suggests Delta does not cause more severe childhood COVID
U.S. pediatric COVID hospitalizations have surged since Delta became predominant, but a new study that offers a first look at...
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Climate action cannot wait for pandemic to end, medical journals warn
Global warming is already affecting people's health so much that emergency action on climate change cannot be put on hold...
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Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug ivermectin for COVID-19
Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat...
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Containing Covid pandemic to be focus of G20 minister's summit in Rome
The health ministers of the G20 group of the world's leading economies are meeting in Rome on Sunday to discuss...
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High prices, shortages plague US services sector
The massive US service sector continued expanding in August but businesses remained worried about high prices and shortages of materials...
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For transplants, COVID complicates the race against time
Its blue lights flashing, the ambulance races along the Madrid ring road towards the airport, the words "organ donation" clearly...
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Has Delta killed the herd immunity dream?
As the Delta variant continues its global surge, experts are questioning whether the long-held goal of achieving herd immunity from...
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Cruise lines require vaccinations, tests amid virus surge
Joel Steckler was eager for his first cruise in more than a year and a half, and he chose the...
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Vietnam to pay recovered Covid-19 patients to help in hospitals
Vietnam is offering patients who have recovered from the corona virus a monthly allowance if they agree to stay on...
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Delta knocks wind out of Asia’s economic recovery
Asia's robust economic recovery from last year's coronavirus low is losing momentum as a surge in Covid-19 cases sees shops...
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Digitalisation 'a very important enabler' of recovery in pandemic-hit retail sector, says Gan Kim Yong
Digitalisation is “a very important enabler” of recovery for the pandemic-battered retail sector, said Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim...