[ad_1] ZURICH, Dec 31 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Thursday listed the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer (PFE.N) and BioNTech (22UAy.DE) for emergency use, saying the move opens the…
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Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen, WHO’s cancer research agency to say – sources
[ad_1] LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) – One of the world’s most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body,…
COVID cases surge in North America, decline in South America, says health agency
[ad_1] BRASILIA, Sept 15 (Reuters) – COVID-19 infections have risen by a third in North America over the past week, due to surges in the United States and Canada, where…
Merkel pledges money, doses to help poorer countries vaccinate
[ad_1] BERLIN, May 21 (Reuters) – Germany has committed a further 100 million euros to the COVAX global vaccine initiative and will directly donate up to 30 million surplus vaccine…
U.S. lawmakers ask for meeting on WTO waiver with Merkel during Washington visit
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) – Nine Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Monday urged Germany to drop its “blockade” of a COVID-19 related waiver of intellectual property rights under global trade…
Analysis: Vaccine bond sales to soar to fund COVID-19 shots for poor countries
[ad_1] LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Socially conscious bond investors will be targeted in a coming wave of vaccine bond deals that will seek to provide billions of dollars for…
COVAX hopes to deliver delayed AstraZeneca shots to Africa in June, July
[ad_1] GENEVA, June 4 (Reuters) – The COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme hopes to send millions of delayed doses of AstraZeneca’s shots to Africa in June and July, but the deployment hinges…
WHO welcomes G7 vaccine pledge but says more needed quickly
[ad_1] GENEVA, June 14 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) director-general on Monday welcomed the Group of Seven’s weekend pledge of 870 million COVID-19 vaccine doses but said that…
WHO chief scientist say Omicron is very transmissible
[ad_1] Dec 3 (Reuters) – The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is very transmissible but people should not panic about it, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told…
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
[ad_1] Dec 15 (Reuters) – Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: COVID-19 vaccines may be less effective against Omicron – WHO Preliminary evidence indicates that…