China congress: Xi Jinping doubles down on zero-Covid as meeting opens
ReutersBy Yvette Tan & Tessa Wong & Stephen McDonellBBC News, Singapore and Beijing China's President Xi Jinping signalled there would...
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China Stocks Edge Lower as Xi Disappoints on Covid Zero Policy
(Bloomberg) -- Chinese traders hoping for signs of a shift away from Covid Zero and further support for the ailing...
Taiwan, Hong Kong, China: Everything you need to know about Asia’s travel rules as borders lift
Taiwan has fully re-opened to foreign tourists after more than two years of strict COVID-19 border restrictions.Visitors to the self-ruled...
Cancer vaccine will be ready before 2030, COVID-19 scientists say
An employee holds up a vial of an oncological product under development, at the BioNTech research institute in Mainz, Germany,...
Fauci says school closures led to ‘deleterious collateral consequences,’ but he had ‘nothing to do’ with it
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic over the last two-and-a-half years, deflected responsibility...
These two new COVID variants could drive the next surge. Here’s why they’re causing surprise and concern
Concern is rapidly growing over emerging omicron coronavirus variant BQ.1 and its sibling BQ.1.1, which experts say appear to be...
Doherty Institute calls for better approach to viral sequencing in pandemics like COVID-19
A visualisation of genomic analysis. Credit: Tetiana Lazunova One of Australia’s principal infectious disease research agencies has called for a...
Covid: Time running out to protect vulnerable, campaigners warn
By Dominic HughesHealth correspondent, BBC NewsTime is running out for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people who are facing another...
How long does immunity from the new COVID bivalent boosters last ‘in the real world’?
Dear Advice Team: Do medical experts have any idea yet how long immunity from the bivalent COVID booster will last?...
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Dr. Anthony Fauci looks back on career, COVID and controversy
Dr. Anthony Fauci, preparing to end his high-profile run as chief White House medical adviser, says he is proud of...