Australia recommends against fifth vaccine dose as fresh Covid wave builds
By Lewis JacksonSYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian health authorities have recommended against getting a fifth COVID-19 vaccine shot, even as they...
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Analysis | No, Republican underperformance in 2022 wasn’t due to covid deaths
It was probably inevitable, given the extent to which the response to the coronavirus pandemic overlapped with political partisanship, that...
Airlines forced to pay more than $600 million in refunds to passengers amid pandemic woes
CNN — Airlines have paid more than $600 million in refunds to hundreds of thousands of passengers for canceled or...
COVID boosters could prevent up to 51,000 hospitalizations among kids: report
A robust COVID-19 booster campaign among children could potentially avert nearly 51,000 pediatric hospitalizations over the coming months according to...
Long recovery, brain damage, effect of stressors with long COVID
Four new long-COVID studies reveal that 10% of French patients infected early in the pandemic still had symptoms 1 year...
Study: Few veterans used COVID-19 antivirals, antibodies
In January and February of 2022—when the Omicron surge caused a high number of COVID-19 infections in the United States—veterans...
China state media demands strict adherence to ‘zero-COVID’
BEIJING -- China’s ruling party called for strict adherence to the hard-line “zero-COVID” policy Tuesday in an apparent attempt to...
Chinese stocks to buy as China eases Covid restrictions and reopens
China announced a shortening of its quarantine requirements last week, while simplifying travel rules and adjusting its monitoring regime. The...
Japan to accept int’l cruises after 2-yr ban due to pandemic
Japan will allow international cruise ships to dock at its ports, transport minister Tetsuo Saito said Tuesday, lifting a more...
Biden-Xi meeting did not mention COVID-19 pandemic, according to White House
President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping did not discuss the COVID-19 pandemic or the origins of the virus that...