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UK to offer COVID booster to all adults from September

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -All adults in the United Kingdom will be offered a COVID-19 boos...

15th August, 2022

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UK first to approve Omicron COVID shot with Moderna nod

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -Britain, the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine in l...

15th August, 2022

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Dead fish in River Oder on Polish/German border spur contamination probe

By Marek Strzelecki WARSAW (Reuters) – Tonnes of dead fish have been hauled out of the River Oder, w...

12th August, 2022

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‘Extreme’ weather warning in force in Britain as new heatwave hits

By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -A four-day “extreme heat” warning came into force in parts of...

11th August, 2022

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Exclusive-Rotavirus childhood vaccine shortage hits four African countries

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Supplies of a vaccine to prevent the deadly rotavirus infection...

10th August, 2022

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Europe to consider “dose-sparing” to increase monkeypox vaccine, WHO seeks trials

By Natalie Grover and Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Health officials in Europe are discussing wh...

10th August, 2022

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UK issues new ‘extreme heat’ warning for England and Wales

By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s weather service on Tuesday issued an amber “Extreme...

9th August, 2022

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Climate change puts Lyme disease in focus for France’s Valneva after COVID blow

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – With climate change spurring more cases of tick-borne Lyme dise...

8th August, 2022

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Why some heatwaves prove deadlier than others

By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s record-breaking heatwave last month saw England and Wal...

2nd August, 2022

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India confirms Asia’s first monkeypox death

By Jose Devasia and Chris Thomas KOCHI, India (Reuters) – India confirmed its first monkeypox death...

2nd August, 2022

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‘Living with COVID’: Where the pandemic could go next

By Jennifer Rigby and Julie Steenhuysen LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – As the third winter of the corona...

1st August, 2022

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Inside the super-secure Swiss lab trying to stop the next pandemic

By Jennifer Rigby SPIEZ, Switzerland (Reuters) -The setting is straight from a spy thriller: Crystal...

1st August, 2022