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British health officials warn of difficult winter with flu and COVID

LONDON (Reuters) – British health officials on Wednesday warned that increased circulation of flu an...

28th September, 2022

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Britain launches plan to ease doctor waiting lists

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s health minister on Thursday will set out a plan to cut waiting times fo...

22nd September, 2022

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EU health regulator says COVID pandemic not over

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -An official at the European Union’s drugs regulator said on Tuesday the COVID-1...

20th September, 2022

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End of COVID pandemic is ‘in sight’ -WHO chief

By Manas Mishra (Reuters) -The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemi...

14th September, 2022

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Take whatever COVID booster you can get, says head of EU drugs watchdog

By Ludwig Burger, Jennifer Rigby and Natalie Grover FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) -People in Europe sho...

14th September, 2022

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EU regulator backs Pfizer/BioNTech BA.4/5-adapted COVID booster

By Natalie Grover (Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Monday recommended a COVID-19 bo...

12th September, 2022

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EU regulator backs two Omicron-adapted COVID boosters

By Natalie Grover and Ludwig Burger (Reuters) -The European Union’s drug regulator on Thursday backe...

2nd September, 2022

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Spanish toddler dies after being hit by giant hailstone

MADRID (Reuters) – A 20-month-old girl died after being struck on the head during a violent hailstor...

31st August, 2022

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China’s big cities, from Dalian to Shenzhen, ramp up COVID curbs

BEIJING/SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -Several of China’s biggest cities imposed tougher COVID-19 curbs...

30th August, 2022

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British scientists behind key COVID trial launch study to test monkeypox treatment

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – The British scientists behind one of the major therapeutic COVI...

24th August, 2022

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Bavarian Nordic signs up U.S. firm for packaging monkeypox vaccine

(Reuters) – Danish biotech firm Bavarian Nordic said on Thursday it has signed up a U.S.-based manuf...

19th August, 2022

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WHO vows nothing ‘ridiculous’ as public submits ideas to rename monkeypox

By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – Poxy McPoxface, TRUMP-22 or Mpox: these s...

16th August, 2022