North Korea: COVAX scraps the reclusive country’s vaccine allocations – The Washington Post
SEOUL — As mask mandates and social distancing requirements lift around the world, North Korea remains one of two countries...
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Shanghai erects metal barriers in fight against COVID-19 – The Associated Press
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Volunteers and government workers in Shanghai erected metal barriers in multiple districts to block off small...
Women less likely to recover from long COVID — UK study – DW (English)
More than two-thirds of people hospitalized with COVID-19 still suffer symptoms a year later, UK researchers have said. Women and...
Overdoses, not COVID-19, drive spike in LA homeless deaths – The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 2,000 homeless people died in Los Angeles County during the first year of the pandemic,...
Multi-Country – Acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children – World Health Organization
Outbreak at a glance:Since the WHO Disease Outbreak News on Acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology – the United Kingdom of...
Will COVID ever end? A forgotten pandemic from the late 1800s might offer some clues – Fortune
When will COVID end? Meet the ‘Russian Flu,’ a forgotten pandemic from the late 1800s that might still linger today...
Maryland doctor charged with defrauding Medicare, other insurers by $1.5 million – The Washington Post
A prominent Maryland doctor overseeing coronavirus testing at Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport and other sites in Anne Arundel and Prince...
How well is our immunity holding up against Covid-19? – CNN
CNN — Now that most US cities and states have dropped masking requirements and other precautions against Covid-19, you may...
WHO backs Paxlovid for high-risk COVID patients
The World Health Organization (WHO) today strongly recommended Pfizer's Paxlovid drug for mild to moderately sick COVID-19 patients who are...
COVID-19 third leading cause of death in US in 2021
COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States last year, and deaths from COVID-19 increased by...