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No evidence yet showing which animal COVID may have come from, says...

April 15, 2023 12:07 AM AEST | By Reuters

(Refiles to fix typo on first paragraph) LONDON (Reuters) - There is no evidence yet showing which animal the COVID-causing virus may have come from,...

No good evidence yet proving COVID came from animals, says former he...

April 14, 2023 08:40 PM AEST | By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - There is no evidence as yet that proves the COVID-causing virus came from animals, George Gao, former head of the Chinese Center fo...

Pfizer signs strategic cooperation pact with China's Sinopharm

April 13, 2023 10:51 PM AEST | By Reuters

(Reuters) - Pfizer said on Thursday it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China's Sinopharm Group, and plans to seek approval to market...

Exclusive-China out of UN's wildlife survey for pandemic controls -...

April 13, 2023 03:52 PM AEST | By Reuters

By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) - China is not participating in a United Nations project to survey Asian wet markets and other facilities at hi...

China records world's first human death from H3N8 bird flu -WHO

April 12, 2023 03:32 PM AEST | By Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (...

COVID caused brain damage in 2 infants infected during pregnancy -US...

April 07, 2023 03:20 AM AEST | By Reuters

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Researchers at the University of Miami reported on Thursday what they believe are the first two confirmed cas...

China holds the key to understanding COVID-19 origins: WHO chief

April 07, 2023 02:05 AM AEST | By Reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization chief pressed China on Thursday to share its information about the origins of COVID-19, saying that u...

China plans random, spot checks at hospitals to track COVID

March 30, 2023 04:53 PM AEDT | By Reuters

(Reuters) - Chinese officials plan random and spot checks at medical facilities in the country to track incomplete and under-reported COVID-19 data, t...

Brazil meat industry lobby laments Lula's absence from China trip -s...

March 30, 2023 10:14 AM AEDT | By Reuters

By Nayara Figueiredo SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's inability to accompany a government mission to China frustr...

WHO revises COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for Omicron-era

March 29, 2023 01:53 AM AEDT | By Reuters

(Reuters) - The World Health Organization has tailored its COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healt...

US colleges face loss of racial diversity if race-conscious admissio...

March 28, 2023 03:08 PM AEDT | By Reuters

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - If the U.S. Supreme Court bans the consideration of race in college admissions, enrollment of minority groups at selec...

World Bank approves new Costa Rican loan for natural disasters

March 24, 2023 11:09 AM AEDT | By Reuters

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The World Bank approved a $160 million loan for Costa Rica on Thursday aimed at strengthening its ability to manage risks linked...

Malawians fear storm Freddy could make deadliest cholera outbreak wo...

March 18, 2023 03:54 AM AEDT | By Reuters

By Eldson Chagara BLANTYRE (Reuters) - Despite her fears, Fyness Afiki joined other women drawing dirty water from a well in Malawi's second-biggest c...

Burundi declares poliovirus outbreak, WHO says

March 17, 2023 09:49 PM AEDT | By Reuters

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Health officials in Burundi on Friday declared an outbreak of circulating poliovirus after confirming eight cases, the first s...

Canada to drop mandatory COVID tests for travelers from China

March 17, 2023 06:21 AM AEDT | By Reuters

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will remove mandatory COVID-19 testing requirements for air travelers arriving from China, Hong Kong and Macao from March 17...

Chinese doctor who blew the whistle on SARS dies at 91

March 15, 2023 09:55 PM AEDT | By Reuters

By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese military doctor who exposed the full extent of the SARS epidemic when it ripped through Beijing in 2003 h...

Exodus of healthcare workers from poor countries worsening, WHO says

March 14, 2023 11:37 PM AEDT | By Reuters

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Poorer countries are increasingly losing healthcare workers to wealthier ones as the latter seek to shore up their ow...

Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries - survey

March 14, 2023 08:07 PM AEDT | By Reuters

NEW DELHI - Lahore in Pakistan jumped more than 10 places to become the city with the worst air in the world in 2022, according to an annual global su...

Finding COVID-19's origins is a moral imperative: WHO's Tedros

March 12, 2023 07:47 PM AEDT | By Reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) - Discovering the origins of COVID-19 is a moral imperative and all hypotheses must be explored, the head of the World Health Organiz...

FDA mandates breast density information with mammography results

March 10, 2023 03:39 AM AEDT | By Reuters

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday all mammography facilities in the country will be required to notify patients about...

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