Virus

Dengue treatment advances in animal trials

Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Thursday 3/16/2023 by Sara HUSSEIN A new dengue treatment that could become the first to…

Dengue treatment advances in animal trials

by Sara HUSSEIN Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A new dengue treatment that could become the first to prevent…

China lifts sweeping visa curbs on foreigners

by Daniel STUBLEN Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- China will once again start issuing a range of visas…

Japan eases mask guidelines, but few are keen to change

by Mathias CENA Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's government eased its mask guidelines on Monday, recommending them only…

FBI director says Covid ‘most likely’ caused by Wuhan lab accident

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday his agency believes the Covid-19 pandemic was "most likely"…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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