U.S. FDA advisers recommend COVID-19 boosters for 65 and older after rejecting broad approval
By Michael Erman, Julie Steenhuysen and Manojna Maddipatla
Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted...
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When COVID patients are intubated in ICU, the trauma can stay with them long after this breathing emergency
The current wave of COVID cases is leading to more hospital and intensive care (ICU) admissions. Frontline health...
Dengue suspected of killing dozens as Indian state suffers worst outbreak in years
By Saurabh Sharma
NEW DELHI: An outbreak of dengue fever is suspected of killing dozens of people in India's...
Hundreds of health centres at risk of closure in Afghanistan: WHO
By Emma Farge
Hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at risk of imminent closure because the Western...
New Zealand reports first death from Delta variant of Covid
New Zealand reported on Saturday the first death from the Delta variant of the new coronavirus and 20 further daily...
EU And AstraZeneca settle vaccine supply dispute
The European Commission went to court after the firm failed to deliver all of a promised 300 million doses by June 2021.
There's no need to panic about the new C.1.2 variant found in South Africa, according to a virologist
Scientists in South Africa have discovered a new viral variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Israeli students return to school amid surge in Covid cases
By Rami Ayyub
Israeli pupils returned to school on Wednesday with mask requirements and mandatory Covid 19 testing...
Pollution likely to cut 9 years of life expectancy of 40% of Indians
Air pollution is likely to reduce the life expectancy of about 40% of Indians by more than nine years, according to ...
Coronavirus booster shots 'not a luxury', WHO Europe head says
A third-dose booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccination is a way to keep the most vulnerable safe and "not a luxury",...
U.S. intelligence community says cannot solve COVID mystery without China
By Trevor Hunnicutt
WASHINGTON: The U.S. intelligence community does not believe it can resolve a debate over...
Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna vaccines
The men in their 30s died this month within days of receiving their second Moderna doses.
Health Ministry fixes Rs1,270 price for Covid booster dose
The decision was taken in a meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre held on August 24.
Qatar offering Covid vaccines to Afghanistan evacuees yet to transit
Qatar is offering COVID-19 vaccines to evacuees from Afghanistan who are temporarily staying in the Gulf Arab state,...
Japan stops use of 1.63m Moderna doses over contamination
Japan will halt the use of 1.63 million doses of Moderna's Covid vaccine after reports of contamination in several...
Pakistan records 91 deaths from Covid; positivity rate at 6.79%
Data from the National Command and Operation Centre on Tuesday showed that 91 people died of Covid in the last 24...
Pakistan's Covid tally witnesses downward slope
According to the National Command and Operation Centre's COVID-19 dashboard, Pakistan conducted 53,770 tests of ...
WHO concerned about COVID-19 in Afghanistan as jabs slow
The World Health Organization (WHO) is worried about the spread of the coronavirus in Afghanistan as the upheaval...
Pakistan’s Covid death toll crosses 25,000
Pakistan’s Covid death toll reached 25,003 on Monday as the country recorded 80 more fatalities of the coronavirus...
Pakistan reports 95 deaths in last one day
New data issued by the National Command and Operation Center on Tuesday shows 3,221 new coronavirus cases were...
How we used smartphones to test for malaria: lessons from Uganda
Malaria is one of the world’s leading causes of illness and death. Around 229 million people are infected each ...
Suspected saline switch sparks vaccine stir in Germany
Berlin: Authorities in northern Germany appealed to thousands of people on Tuesday to get another shot of Covid...
Sputnik V shot 83% effective against Delta variant: Russian health minister
Moscow: Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against Covid is around 83% effective against the Delta variant of coronavirus,...
Fear, stigma slow Covid vaccine take-up among trans Pakistanis
KARACHI: Nasira Manojee, an HIV-positive transgender woman from Karachi, had to ignore her friends' advice and...
Pakistan records at least 80 Covid deaths for second consecutive day
Pakistan recorded more than 80 Covid fatalities in the past 24 hours for the second consecutive day, according to ...
CanSinoBIO says booster shot can reverse drop in antibodies
Antibody levels in people inoculated with CanSino Biologics' (CanSinoBIO) single-dose COVID-19 vaccine fell by some...
Pakistan has vaccinated 33% of adults aged 50 and above: Asad Umar
Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Saturday 33 per cent ...
Pakistan's Covid positivity rate crosses 9%
Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity rate crossed 9% according to NCOC which tweeted on Thursday that it stood to 9.06%,...
Covid cases continue to rise amid several lockdowns
Wednesday's figures released by NCOC reports no signs of the coronavirus slowing down. Of the 57,398 people who...
Pakistan reaches 1m shots a day after warning unvaccinated face penalties
By Asif Shahzad
Pakistan hit a target on Tuesday to vaccinate one million people a day against COVID-19, making...
