Healthcare

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 ReutersLONDON (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 ReutersBy 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 ReutersBEIJING (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 ReutersBy 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 ReutersGENEVA (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 ReutersBy 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 ReutersBy 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 ReutersSAN 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 ReutersBy 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 ReutersJOHANNESBURG (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 ReutersOTTAWA (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 ReutersBy 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 ReutersBy 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 ReutersNEW 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 ReutersGENEVA (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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