US health panel endorses Merck Covid pill
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A panel of health experts appointed by the US government voted Tuesday to endorse Merck's…
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Uber Eats to quit Hong Kong after five years
HONG KONG, China (AFP) - Online food delivery platform Uber Eats announced on Tuesday it will quit Hong Kong at…
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Moderna boss says vaccines likely no match for Omicron: FT
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Existing Covid-19 jabs will struggle against the Omicron variant and it will take months…
4 years ago
Pfizer already working on Covid vaccine targeting Omicron: CEO
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Pfizer has already started working on a version of its Covid-19 vaccine specifically…
4 years ago
PCRs detect Omicron, studies under way for other tests: WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- While PCR tests can detect infection with Omicron, studies are looking to whether the Covid-19 variant…
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First image of Omicron shows many more mutations than Delta
ROME, Italy (AFP) -- The new Covid variant Omicron has many more mutations than the Delta variant, according…
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What is known so far about new Covid variant Omicron
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South African scientists have discovered a new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, with multiple mutations that…
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Legendary Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim dies aged 91
Legendary Broadway songwriter Stephen Sondheim, widely credited with revolutionizing American musical theater, died Friday at the age of 91.…
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B.1.1.529 declared Covid ‘variant of concern’, renamed Omicron
https://youtu.be/Nf_0F1bGvXc The World Health Organization on Friday declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of Covid-19, first detected in southern Africa,…
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WHO says just 1 in 4 African health workers Covid jabbed
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (AFP) -- Only a quarter of health workers in Africa are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the World Health…
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