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US sees over 100m COVID-19 cases in holiday season

December 29, 2022

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 / HAVANA - The United States has...

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US FDA approves Roche’s COVID-19 antibody

December 22, 2022

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...

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US COVID-19 cases surpass 100m – Johns Hopkins University

December 21, 2022

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...

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Appeals court: US can’t mandate federal contractors COVID jabs

December 20, 2022

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...

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Biden says COVID-19 cases rising across US

December 16, 2022

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...

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COVID: WHO chief hopes to remove emergency tag next year

December 15, 2022

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...

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US reports 50 pct increase of weekly child COVID-19 cases

December 15, 2022

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...

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WHO may declare end to COVID emergency next year, says chief

December 15, 2022

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Nigeria scraps COVID-19 tests for international travelers

December 14, 2022

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...

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Key COVID-19 indicators surge again in US, straining hospitals

December 13, 2022

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...

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France advises against use of Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine

December 9, 2022

The logo of Valneva SE Group is pictured at the company's headquarters in Saint-Herblain, near Nantes, western France, on July 30, 2020. (JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP) PARIS / MOSCOW - France's Haute Autorite de Sante public health body advised the government not to use Valneva's VLA2001 COVID-19 vaccine as part of...

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Biden appeals for COVID curbs for US-Mexico border migrants

December 8, 2022

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...

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EU regulator backs new COVID shots for primary vaccination

December 7, 2022

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Sept 28, 2022. (YVES HERMAN / REUTERS) MOSCOW / LONDON / LOS ANGELES – The European Medicines Agency said on Tuesday its emergency task force has concluded that messenger RNA bivalent COVID-19 vaccines, targeting the original strain and...

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France: Mask mandate in transports hinges on COVID situation

December 6, 2022

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...

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‘Early flu season, COVID-19, RSV causes for concern in Europe’

December 2, 2022

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...

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COVID hits HIV detection in Europe, risking eradication goal

December 1, 2022

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...

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‘European women’s work-life balance worsened since COVID’

December 1, 2022

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...

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COVID cases in France on the rise again, govt says

November 30, 2022

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...

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EU govt warns of COVID rise in winter, urges booster shots

November 25, 2022

An elderly man sits at the "Viktualienmarkt" daily food market, during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Munich, Germany, March 18, 2020. (ANDREAS GEBERT / REUTERS) COPENHAGEN / MOSCOW / THE HAGUE – The EU's medicines regulator on Thursday urged Europe to prepare for a new wave of...

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Finland updates COVID vaccination advice for children

November 24, 2022

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...