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Is the US sitting on the brink of another brutal flu season? Shutdown significantly disrupts national flu tracking; Influenza is no joke, says Hopkins epidemiologistFlu activity is escalating across the United States, with early surges abroad and a concerning H3N2 K strain raising alarms. A government s...
How Biden cancer diagnosis could have gone undetectedJoe Biden's diagnosis with an aggressive form of prostate cancer has spurred some prominent conservatives to accuse the former president of...
Do I need to worry about COVID again?New data from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech suggests that the highly mutated variant of the COVID-19 virus, known as BA.2.86 or "Pirola," is ...
US will require COVID-19 testing for travelers from ChinaThe increase in cases across China follows the rollback of the nation's strict anti-virus controls. China's "zero COVID" policies had kept ...
Covid-19 cases in the US surpass 100 million: Johns Hopkins UniversityUS-based Johns Hopkins University in its latest update said that 100,003,837 coronavirus cases were reported in the country so far.The viru...
Explained: In the post-mask world of travel, should you wear a face mask if nobody else is wearing?When flying between two countries, expect the airline to follow the rules.
Omicron 'stealth' COVID variant BA.2 now dominant globallyScientists say a possible explanation for the recent rise in BA.2 could be that the global uptick happened at the same time that many count...
CES tech fair prepares to draw crowds as Covid-19 cases surgeThe Consumer Electronics Show (CES), one of the world's largest trade fairs, returns to Las Vegas in person this week under a newly resurge...
Omicron rewrites the COVID plan for 2022Some scientists are not entirely ready to abandon hope that some parts of the world will emerge from the pandemic next year.
US COVID death toll hits 800,000, a year into vaccine driveThe United States has the highest reported toll of any country. The U.S. accounts for approximately 4% of the world's population but about ...
The world is unprepared for the next pandemic, report saysThe report recommends that countries include funding for health security in their national budgets and review their performance in the curr...
Prioritise vaccination for children to avoid third wave risk: ExpertsThe US and Canada have started vaccinating those above age 12 years, as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in use in those countries have rece...
Biden announces 3 more members in COVID-19 task forceAccording to a statement released by the Biden-Harris Transition website, Hopkins, a Sierra Leonean immigrant, has worked for more than 20 ...
New York closes bars to head off virus resurgence as WHO warns of vaccine distrustInfections are surging throughout America and Europe, with governments forced to take more drastic action despite fears about the devastati...
Eye glasses may protect you from being infected with coronavirusDaily wearers of eyeglasses might be less likely to be infected.
Oxford University coronavirus vaccine safe, induces immune response, says Lancet studyThe vaccine candidate has been developed by the Jenner Institute, a part of the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford...
US still trying to get actual sample of coronavirus from China: Mike PompeoThe US is still trying to get an "actual sample" of the novel coronavirus from China as several questions related to the infection remains ...
IMF proposes to deploy full USD 1 trillion lending capacity to support countries battling COVID-19IMF plans to use all its $1 trillion lending capacity to support Covid-hit countries across the world.
Eerie coincidence: Consultant who served as medical expert for film 'Contagion' tests positive for coronavirusIan Lipkin said that he had an idea of where he contracted the virus.
14-day incubation period debunked: Researchers say coronavirus may start showing symptoms in 5 daysThey said most of the cases involved travel to or from Wuhan, China.