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The latest challenge to Joe Biden’s presidency: the Omicron variant Analysis: after he promised to crush the coronavirus, the rise of a new strain could...

BBC News Future pandemics could be more lethal than the current Covid crisis, one of the creators of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has warned. Prof Dame...

Covid booster shots significantly strengthen immunity, trial finds Jabs offer far higher protection than that needed to prevent hospitalisation and death, Cov-Boost trial lead says The...

By Fergus Walsh Medical editor   BBC- People will be likely to need to have annual Covid vaccinations for many years to come, the head of Pfizer...

Omicron likely to spread beyond Canada and Brazil, says regional health agency By Anthony Boadle Reuters Syringes with needles are seen in front of a displayed stock...

By Joseph Choi The Hill BioNTech co-founder Ugur Sahin said in an interview published Tuesday that while the omicron variant may result in more breakthrough cases...

South African scientists explore vaccines’ effectiveness against Omicron Crucial work will study how well current jabs work and whether they need to be updated to...

Covid: Face masks rules return in England amid Omicron spread By Alex Kleiderman & Doug Faulkner BBC News Published 25 minutes ago Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic Image source, PA Media Face...

    With immediate effect, Antigua and Barbuda has placed a travel ban on South Africa, Botswana, Belgium and Hong Kong in light of the...

WHO to assess new highly mutated Covid-19 variant as countries ramp up health checks Meeting will determine if B.1.1.529 variant warrants a designation as one...

Germany is poised to pass the mark of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 this week, a sombre milestone that several of its neighbours crossed months...

Mexico eyes COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, especially for older adults Re A worker at the U.S. auto parts maker Lear Corporation receives a dose of the...

Bias in medical devices may have led to avoidable UK Covid deaths, says UK Health MinisterJavid Health secretary announces review to examine why people of...

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, November 20, 2021 (MMS-SKN) -- Minister of Health, the Hon Akilah Byron-Nisbett is lauding the work of the St....

Total US deaths from Covid may reach 1 million by spring as vaccination rates remain lower than 60% Activists, many of who brought ashes of...

US to buy 10M courses of Pfizer COVID-19 pill   © Getty Images The Biden administration announced Thursday that it has reached a deal to buy 10...

COVID-19 pills could be a major access boon for the world’s poor Pfizer struck a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow manufacturers to produce...

COVID-19 deaths decline 17% in the Americas, says health agency Reuters People travel on a bus during the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inside...

Pfizer asks FDA for COVID-19 pill authorization   © Getty Images Pfizer requested emergency authorization for its antiviral oral COVID-19 treatment on Tuesday after a study found...

UK firm to trial T-cell Covid vaccine that could give longer immunity Exclusive: Oxfordshire-based Emergex gets go-ahead for trials in Switzerland for skin patch vaccine An...