Who can get updated COVID-19 vaccines in the US now? | Health News
Winter is approaching in the United States and COVID-19 cases are rising. Questions about accessing protective vaccines are swirling.Nearly five years since the first US…
WHO says US ending mRNA vaccine contracts a ‘significant blow’ | Coronavirus pandemic News
Trump’s administration halts mRNA vaccine development, sparking WHO fears for emerging pandemic preparedness.The decision by US President Donald Trump’s administration to terminate 22 federal contracts…
COVID-19 origin still ‘inconclusive’ after years-long WHO study | Coronavirus pandemic News
WHO chief Tedros says ‘all hypotheses must remain on the table’ after critical information not provided to investigators.The World Health Organization (WHO) says efforts to…
Robert Kennedy Jr expels all 17 members of CDC vaccine panel | Health News
US President Trump-appointed Health Secretary and vaccine sceptic will replace panel with his own selections.United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr…
What is driving a surge in COVID cases in India, other countries? | Coronavirus pandemic News
India has reported a sudden rise in COVID cases, starting from late May. Authorities said the number of active cases of the disease has surpassed…
WHO members adopt landmark pandemic agreement in US absence | Health News
Accord aims to prevent repeat of disjointed response and international disarray that surrounded COVID-19 pandemic.Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have adopted an agreement…
CIA says ‘more likely’ COVID-19 escaped from a lab | Coronavirus pandemic News
The intelligence agency says it has ‘low confidence’ in the assessment and will continue to evaluate credible information.The CIA has announced that it believes the…
United Nations confirms US will leave World Health Organization in 2026 | Donald Trump News
The UN body has received a formal request from Washington to withdraw next year as Trump orders a pause on WHO funding.The United States is…
‘Moral imperative’: WHO presses China to share COVID origins data | Coronavirus pandemic News
The World Health Organization (WHO) called on China to share information on how COVID-19 emerged five years ago. The coronavirus killed millions of people, locked…
Hiltzik: How the House GOP got addled by conspiracists
Over the last two years, the Republican-dominated House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic conducted 38 interviews and depositions, held 25 hearings and meetings, and…
COVID-19 likely came from a lab, US committee finds | Coronavirus pandemic News
A committee of the United States Congress has backed the theory that a lab leak caused the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report released on Monday,…
Who is Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s anti-lockdown pick to head the NIH? | Donald Trump News
US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr Jay Bhattacharya, who opposed COVID-19 lockdowns, to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the primary agency in…
WHO warns of measles resurgence as cases exceed 10 million in 2023 | Health News
The disease killed 107,500 people in 2023, most of them under the age of five.Approximately 10.3 million people caught measles last year, a 20 percent…
Inside the battle to contain diseases in rainforests and cities | Coronavirus pandemic
Can we prevent zoonotic diseases from spreading to humans and protect our cities from major future outbreaks?Seventy-five percent of infectious diseases in humans come from…