Covid infection gives similar immunity to vaccination: study
Paris, France | AFP | Thursday 2/17/2023 The protection against Covid-19 from being previously infected lasts at least as long…
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France drops Covid testing for travellers from China
Beijing, China | AFP | Friday 2/17/2023 France has dropped Covid testing restrictions imposed on travellers from China, the…
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Clemency sought for US death row inmate who dug out own eyes
Houston, United States | AFP | Attorneys for a death row inmate who gouged out his own eyes after murdering…
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Swedish kids take the plunge in icy lake survival lessons
SOLLENTUNA, Sweden (AFP) -- The frigid water under the frozen Ravalen lake north of Stockholm doesn't intimidate Elton as the…
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Peru reports hundreds of sea lion deaths due to bird flu
LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru said Tuesday that 585 sea lions and 55,000 wild birds have died of the H5N1…
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No new variants in weeks after China ended zero-Covid: study
PARIS, France (AFP) -- No new variants of Covid-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-Covid…
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China to fully reopen borders with Hong Kong, Macau
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- China said on Friday it will fully restore travel across its borders with Hong Kong…
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‘Mad cow’ disease case identified in Netherlands
Dutch officials have identified a single case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as "mad cow disease", in a…
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Trees could cut urban heatwave mortality by a third: study
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Planting more trees in urban areas to lower summertime temperatures could…
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White House says US Covid emergency status to end May 11
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The White House said Monday that the national and public health emergencies declared just as…
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Schoolkids lost third of a year’s learning to pandemic: study
Paris, France | AFP | Monday 1/30/2023 School-aged students lost more than a third of a year's worth of learning…
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World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for next crisis: Red Cross
Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Monday 1/30/2023 by Robin MILLARD All countries remain "dangerously unprepared" for the next pandemic, the…
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