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US sees over 100m COVID-19 cases in holiday season
People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, US, Jan 10, 2022. (MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS) LOS ANGELES / TUNIS / MONTEVIDEO – The United States has officially recorded more than 100 million COVID-19 […]
US FDA approves Roche’s COVID-19 antibody
A photograph shows the Swiss pharma giant Roche headquarters in Basel on Sept 28, 2021. (SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) Roche Holding AG said on Wednesday the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved its monoclonal antibody for treating COVID-19 in hospitalized adult patients. The intravenous anti-inflammatory drug, Actemra, is a monoclonal antibody that reduces […]
US COVID-19 cases surpass 100m – Johns Hopkins University
Seventh and eighth grades students attend a combined Advanced Engineering class at Olive Vista Middle School on the first day back following the winter break amid a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases across Los Angeles County on Jan 11, 2022 in Sylmar, California. (FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP) NEW YORK / LOS ANGELES – The […]
Appeals court: US can’t mandate federal contractors COVID jabs
A lone protester stands outside the US Supreme Court as it hears arguments against the Biden administration's nationwide vaccine-or-testing COVID-19 mandates, in Washington, US, Jan 7, 2022. (JONATHAN ERNST / REUTERS) WASHINGTON / CIUDAD JUAREZ / LOS ANGELES / MOSCOW – A US appeals court on Monday said the White House could not require federal contractors […]
Biden says COVID-19 cases rising across US
People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, US, Jan 10, 2022. (MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS) WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that COVID-19 cases "are rising" across the country. […]
COVID: WHO chief hopes to remove emergency tag next year
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a working session on energy and food security during the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov 15, 2022. (BAY ISMOYO/POOL PHOTO VIA AP) GENEVA – The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday he hopes that COVID-19 will no longer be a […]
WHO chief: COVID global health emergency hopefully ends next year
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a working session on energy and food security during the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov 15, 2022. (BAY ISMOYO/POOL PHOTO VIA AP) GENEVA – The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday he hopes that COVID-19 will no longer be a […]
US reports 50 pct increase of weekly child COVID-19 cases
People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, US, Jan 10, 2022. (MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS) LOS ANGELES / MOSCOW – About 41,000 child COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States in […]
Nigeria scraps COVID-19 tests for international travelers
Passengers gather as they check in their luggage at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria Sept 30, 2022. (TEMILADE ADELAJA / REUTERS) LAGOS / MOSCOW – Nigeria on Monday removed COVID-19 testing requirements for international travelers and it was no longer mandatory to wear masks on flights and inside airport buildings, the airlines regulator […]
Key COVID-19 indicators surge again in US, straining hospitals
People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, US, Jan 10, 2022. (MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS) LOS ANGELES / ROME / MEXICO CITY / MOSCOW – Another COVID-19 winter surge is brewing in […]
Biden appeals for COVID curbs for US-Mexico border migrants
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks while launching a new plan for Americans to receive booster shots and vaccinations against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), onstage in an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, US Oct 25, 2022. (JONATHAN ERNST / REUTERS) WASHINGTON / GENEVA / BERLIN / HELSINKI – US President Joe Biden's administration […]
France: Mask mandate in transports hinges on COVID situation
French Health Minister Francois Braun leaves following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Oct 26, 2022. (SARAH MEYSSONNIER / REUTERS) PARIS / LOS ANGELES – The decision to make wearing face-masks in public transportation mandatory again to contain a new surge in the COVID-19 epidemic will depend on the evolution […]
‘Early flu season, COVID-19, RSV causes for concern in Europe’
Photo taken on March 30, 2021 shows an exterior view of the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (CHEN JUNXIA / XINHUA) COPENHAGEN / MOSCOW – European health leaders on Thursday voiced their concern over a potential surge in respiratory virus infections across the region this winter, and called for better protection of the population, […]
COVID hits HIV detection in Europe, risking eradication goal
A volunteer lights candles forming the shape of a red ribbon during an awareness event organized on the eve of the World AIDS Day in Kathmandu on Nov 30, 2021. (PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP) LONDON – The number of people in Europe with undiagnosed HIV has risen as testing rates fell during the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
‘European women’s work-life balance worsened since COVID’
A woman walks inside an almost empty train station, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Madrid, Spain March 31, 2020. (SERGIO PEREZ / REUTERS) MOSCOW / ROME / PARIS – European women's work-life balance has worsened since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) report shows. […]
COVID cases in France on the rise again, govt says
A man wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 looks at an information board at train station in Paris on June 30, 2022. (MICHEL EULER / AP) PARIS / MOSCOW / HARARE – New COVID-19 infections are on the rise again in France and people should consider wearing masks on public transport or when […]
Finland updates COVID vaccination advice for children
People protest against Finnish government's regulations to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Helsinki, Finland March 20, 2021. (LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO VIA REUTERS) HELSINKI / MOSCOW – The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has updated its recommendations on the use of COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 12 years. According to […]
Novavax ends COVID vaccine sale agreement with Gavi
An illustration picture shows vials with COVID-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US biotech company Novavax on Nov 17, 2020. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) MOSCOW – Novavax Inc said on Monday it had delivered a written notice to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, terminating with immediate effect an agreement for the sale […]
German panel suggests COVID shot only for at-risk children
Syringes with children's doses of Comirnaty, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen at a practice of a children's doctor in Bonn, Germany, Dec 15, 2021. (WOLFGANG RATTAY / REUTERS) FRANKFURT / MOSCOW / LONDON – Germany's vaccine advisory panel on Thursday recommended that Pfizer-BioNTech's, COVID-19 vaccine for children from six months to four years […]