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Coronavirus

Coronavirus drug update: Vaccines, treatments, timelines

With researchers and drug companies scrambling to develop vaccines and treatments to fight COVID-19, which has now spread to 167 countries and territories...

Daily Sabah - Health - 22 hours ago

Slovakia's Fico halts COVID vaccines after pressure from anti-mRNA MP

Peter Kotlár has long promoted fringe theories about mRNA vaccines, claiming they "cause the human body to produce toxins."

Euractiv - Health - 1 day ago

RFK Jr. questions universal Covid shots for American children

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. questioned the need for all children to get Covid shots amid reports that the U.S. government is considering revoking its current vaccine rec

The Columbian - Health - 2 days ago

White House website blames China for COVID-19 origins, lambasts Biden, WHO

WASHINGTON: Launching a COVID-19 website, the US President Donald Trump's White House has blamed the origins of the coronavirus on a lab leak in China while criticising ex-president Joe Biden and...

International The News - Health - 6 days ago

White House replaces Covid resource page with lab leak website

The move comes after the Trump administration slashed billions in Covid funding on the grounds that “the pandemic is over.”

NBC News - Health - 7 days ago

WHO countries agree on technology transfers in next pandemic

Members of the World Health Organization agreed to the draft text of a landmark treaty to handle future pandemics. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said "multilateralism is alive and well."

Deutsche Welle - Health - 10 days ago

Massive data breach: Israelis' COVID records, other information on sale for $1 million

A group claiming antisemitic motives is selling a database of 500,000 Israeli COVID-19 vaccination records for $1 million obtained from hackers; With cyberattacks on Israel surging during war, security breaches expose vulnerabilities in sensitive platforms and personal information

YNET News - Technology - 1 month ago

Long COVID is solvable, but we need more clinical trials

Some people may remain ill after COVID infection because the virus still lurks in their bodies. The looming question now is: Who will pay for drug development and trials?

Los Angeles Times - Science - 1 month ago

The CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding

The CIA believes the COVID-19 virus likely originated from a laboratory — but acknowledges the spy agency has 'low confidence' in its own conclusion.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 3 months ago

Fraudsters go free unless Congress acts; expiration nears for pursuing ill-gotten pandemic relief

The coronavirus pandemic began five years ago — which means the first round of fraudsters is about to get away with their crimes.

Washington Times - Top Stories - 3 months ago

Qantas to Pay $120 Million in Compensation for COVID-19 Layoffs

1,820 ground crew members will receive a share of the compensation following court rulings.

Epoch Times - Business - 4 months ago

The US will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA pandemic flu vaccine

The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine.

AP News - Health - 9 months ago

India restarts Covid jab production as infections soar 30% in one day

Health officials conduct nationwide mock drills to test preparedness for Covid

Independent UK - Health - 2 years ago

Covid test technology adapted to spot diabetes and Lyme disease

Aberdeen-based Vertebrate Antibodies Ltd is working with US biotech firm Innova Medical Group.

Independent UK - Health - 2 years ago

WHO chief admits key error it made at start of Covid outbreak

Soumya Swaminathan has expressed regret at the WHO’s early stance on airborne transmission

Independent UK - Health - 2 years ago

Researchers find majority of long Covid patients are women

Researchers believe differences in immune responses could explain gender gap

Independent UK - Health - 2 years ago