Coronavirus
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COVID-19 pandemic stalls global anti-tobacco progress
Global progress in policies to reduce tobacco use slowed for the first time in 12 years following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ... Healthy Living -
Indian researchers find no evidence between sudden deaths and COVID-19 shots
Indian researchers found no evidence that COVID-19 vaccination was behind “unexplained sudden deaths,” a medical organization said on Tuesday, instead ... Coronavirus -
Jailed former Malaysian PM Najib in hospital with COVID-19
Malaysia’s jailed former prime minister Najib Razak has been admitted to a hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, his spokesperson said on ... World News -
WHO chief pushes China for ‘full access’ to find COVID’s origins, offers to send team
The chief of the World Health Organization urged Beijing to offer more information on the origins of COVID-19 and is ready to send a second team to ... Coronavirus -
WHO alerts of ‘concerning’ COVID-19 trends ahead of winter
The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned of “concerning trends” for COVID-19 ahead of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, calling for ... World News -
US First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, presenting symptoms
First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Monday but is experiencing only mild symptoms, her spokeswoman said. President Joe Biden was tested ... Coronavirus -
EU drug watchdog approves updated Pfizer COVID-19 subvariant jab
The EU’s drug watchdog on Wednesday approved an updated version of Pfizer and BioNTech’s anti COVID-19 jab to counter an infectious subvariant of the ... World News -
Saudi Health Ministry: No additional measures required for EG.5 coronavirus mutant
The Saudi Ministry of Health has emphasized that EG.5, the new coronavirus variant, does not have any noticeable effect on disease rates or severity, ... Saudi Arabia -
New Zealand removes final COVID-19 restrictions after three years
New Zealand’s government will lift all remaining COVID-19 re-quirements from midnight Tuesday, bringing an end to some of the toughest COVID-19 ... World News -
WHO classifies new COVID-19 ‘variant of interest’
The World Health Organization on Wednesday classified the EG.5 coronavirus strain circulating in the United States and China as a “variant of ... World News -
Deep dive: COVID-19 cases on the rise again, EG.5 variant appearing more frequently
COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers. For all the ... Coronavirus -
Chinese province Zhejiang saw rise in cremations during COVID-19 surge
Cremations in the Chinese province of Zhejiang rose more than 70 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, government data showed, an unexplained ... World News -
UK government must hand over WhatsApp messages to COVID-19 inquiry: Court
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government must hand over internal WhatsApp messages sought by its own public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic ... World News -
British police reopen an investigation into COVID breaches at Conservative Party HQ
British police will reopen an investigation into COVID-19 lockdown breaches at a December 2020 event held in the headquarters of the governing ... World News -
North Korea appears to lift COVID-19 mask mandate, reports say
North Korea appeared to have eased a strict COVID-19 mask mandate, media reports said this week, after state news agencies showed many people maskless ... World News -
Childhood vaccine rates show signs of recovery after COVID-19 backslide: Gavi
Childhood immunization rates began to recover last year in the world’s poorest countries after being badly hit by COVID-19 disruptions, according to ... Coronavirus -
India probes reports of COVID-19 portal breach, data leak
India’s government is investigating reports that a health ministry portal containing personal data from anyone in the country who received a COVID-19 ... Coronavirus -
BioNTech to defend against first German lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccine side effects
BioNTech will go to court on Monday to defend itself against a lawsuit from a German woman who is seeking damages for alleged side effects of its ... Coronavirus -
Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loong feeling OK after testing positive for COVID-19
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time, he said in a Facebook post on Monday.“I am generally ... Coronavirus -
Biden revokes COVID-19 travel, vaccine requirements
President Joe Biden on Tuesday revoked requirements that most international visitors to the United States be vaccinated against COVID-19 as well as ... World News