vaccine
Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave
World
January 29, 2022
Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave
Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the country, is driving the daily American death toll higher than during…
Egypt receives 4 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from UK
Egypt
January 28, 2022
Egypt receives 4 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from UK
Egypt received four million doses of coronavirus vaccines at Cairo International Airport donated from the UK through the COVAX, British…
EXPLAINER: What’s known about ‘stealth’ version of omicron?
World
January 26, 2022
EXPLAINER: What’s known about ‘stealth’ version of omicron?
Scientists and health officials around the world are keeping their eyes on a descendant of the omicron variant that has…
Pfizer opens study of COVID shots updated to match omicron
World
January 25, 2022
Pfizer opens study of COVID shots updated to match omicron
Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original COVID-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron…
Hope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity
World
January 25, 2022
Hope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity
World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could give way to a new, more…
Water cannon, tear gas at COVID-19 protests in Brussels
World
January 24, 2022
Water cannon, tear gas at COVID-19 protests in Brussels
BRUSSELS (AP) — Police fired water cannons and thick clouds of tear gas Sunday in Brussels to disperse people protesting…
Fourth COVID vaccine shot raises resistance to serious illness for over-60s: Israel
World
January 24, 2022
Fourth COVID vaccine shot raises resistance to serious illness for over-60s: Israel
JERUSALEM, Jan 23 (Reuters) – A fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine given to people over 60 in Israel made them…
China lifts COVID lockdown in Xi’an, tests 2M in Beijing
World
January 24, 2022
China lifts COVID lockdown in Xi’an, tests 2M in Beijing
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities lifted a monthlong lockdown on the northern city of Xi’an and its 13 million residents…
China’s success taming virus could make exit strategy harder
World
January 23, 2022
China’s success taming virus could make exit strategy harder
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The sweeping “zero-tolerance” strategy that China has used to keep COVID-19 case numbers low and its…
UK lawmaker says he will meet police over government ‘blackmail’ accusations
World
January 22, 2022
UK lawmaker says he will meet police over government ‘blackmail’ accusations
LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – A British Conservative lawmaker said he would meet police to discuss his accusations that Boris…