Healthcare

Tedros denounces vaccine inequity as COVAX scheme marks first year

GENEVA (Reuters) - Coronavirus vaccines remain out of reach in the poorest countries, the head of the World Health Organization…

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U.S. officials hopeful as advisers meet again on J&J COVID-19 vaccine

Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet again on Friday to consider whether it is…

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Sanitation for generations: It takes a village (to raise a child‘s height)

By Milan Thomas A study in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic indicates that low-cost, village-wide efforts to improve sanitation have powerful…

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Return the favour: South Korea looks to U.S. for COVID-19 vaccine aid

South Korea hopes the United States will help it tackle a shortage of coronavirus vaccine in return for test kits…

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India to increase oxygen supplies amid shortage -govt

At least 22 patients died on Wednesday in a hospital in western India after a disruption to their oxygen supply…

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UK PM Johnson cancels trip to India due to coronavirus worries

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday cancelled a planned trip to India, scheduled to take place next week, due…

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Another Disaster struck by the Novel Coronavirus & Another Nation is in Shock.

Covid-19 cases are on the rise once more. Vanuatu, a Pacific island country, has reportedly limited all of its external…

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Ontario enters harder lockdown, police get more powers as COVID cases soar

The Canadian province of Ontario expanded and extended a stay at home order on Friday and said police will be…

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Hong Kong widens COVID-19 vaccine scheme to under 30s

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities said on Thursday that the city’s vaccine scheme would be widened to include…

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Africa CDC says cannot predict when second COVID-19 shots will arrive

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Many Africans who have received their first COVID-19 vaccine do not know when they will get a…

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