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EU agency sees risk of COVID deaths rising as Omicron subvariants spread
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Two new subvariants of Omicron, BA.4 and BA.5, are spreading m...
13th June, 2022
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Age to buy cigarettes in England should rise every year, review says
By Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) -The legal age of sale for cigarettes in England should be raise...
9th June, 2022
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Test makers target monkeypox market as cases surge
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Diagnostic companies are racing to develop tests for monkeypox,...
3rd June, 2022
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Developing world should reap benefits of new monkeypox research, experts urge
By Natalie Grover and Mrinalika Roy LONDON (Reuters) – As cases of monkeypox in wealthier Western na...
2nd June, 2022
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In Shanghai, lockdown blues make way for COVID testing gripes
By Brenda Goh and Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) -While a two-month COVID-19 lockdown is largel...
2nd June, 2022
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People infected with monkeypox can isolate at home – UKHSA
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -People infected with monkeypox can isolate at home if they remai...
30th May, 2022
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EU agrees common purchase of vaccine, antiviral against monkeypox, paper
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The European Union has decided on common purchasing of a vaccine and antiviral...
27th May, 2022
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WHO condemns Russia’s aggression in Ukraine in rare vote, rejects Moscow’s counter-proposal
By Emma Farge, Jennifer Rigby and Mrinalika Roy GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization asse...
26th May, 2022
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Ukraine health emergency sparks rival resolutions at WHO assembly
By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -A proposal to condemn the regional health emergen...
26th May, 2022
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Taiwan kept COVID below 15,000 cases for all 2021. Now it has 80,000 a day, testing its ‘new model’
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Billed a COVID-19 success story as its economy boomed through the pa...
24th May, 2022
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South Korea to call at Davos for COVID aid for North – envoy
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will issue a call this week at the World Economic Foru...
24th May, 2022
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Explainer-What is on (and off) the agenda of the WHO Assembly?
By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 100 world health ministers will meet i...
20th May, 2022