Health

Killer fungus spread rampantly at US hospital Covid ward: study

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Dozens of people being treated for Covid-19 at a Florida hospital last summer became…

1 in 100,000 had severe reactions to Pfizer vaccine: US study

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Roughly one in a hundred thousand people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine have…

Israeli firm in Gaza extracts drinking water from air

by Guillaume Lavallee Agence France-Presse GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — The densely populated Gaza Strip has long lacked sufficient…

WHO validates Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for emergency use against COVID-19

WHO criteria for safety and efficacy met   (Eagle News) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has given emergency validation…

AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid vaccine approved for use in UK

  by James PHEBY Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain on Wednesday became the first country in…

China’s Sinopharm says vaccine ‘79% effective’ against Covid-19

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Phase 3 trials of a Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine found it was 79 percent effective, the…

From the lab to the jab: how BioNTech-Pfizer won the vaccine race

by Hui Min NEO with Yannick PASQUET in Hamburg and Michelle FITZPATRICK and Yann SCHREIBER in Mainz Agence France Presse…

Virus strain to cause more deaths in Britain; mutated COVID strain 56% more contagious -study

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- A mutated coronavirus strain spreading in Britain is on average 56 percent more contagious than…

Well drilling thrives as Caracas water supply flounders

by Andrea TOSTA Agence France-Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Alfredo Araya used to dig wells on farms or out in…

Virus hunters delve into Gabon forest in search for next threat

by Adrien MAROTTE Agence France-Presse ZADIE CAVES, Gabon (AFP) — The scene looks like something out of a science fiction…

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