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GENEVA – The World Health Organisation announced on Friday (May 7) it had approved a Covid-19 vaccine from China’s state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm for emergency use. The vaccine, one of two…

LONDON – Britain is setting up a Covid-19 testing centre aimed at speeding up the deployment of vaccines tailored to tackle new coronavirus variants. The government will invest £29.3…

ZURICH – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, the agency said on Friday (April 30), the fifth to be given the status meant to…

GENEVA – A first case of the Covid-19 variant contributing to the exploding outbreak in India has been detected in Switzerland, the public health authority said Saturday (April 24). “The…

WASHINGTON  – The United States can immediately resume use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, top health regulators said on Friday (April 23), ending a 10-day pause to investigate…

Without hospitals or medical specialists in space, NASA and other space agencies have always been concerned about astronauts falling sick during a mission. To minimize the chances of that,…

WASHINGTON – US drugmaker Pfizer on Wednesday (April 21) confirmed that suspect doses of its coronavirus vaccine that were seized in Mexico and Poland were indeed fake, with doses going for…

GENEVA – The world can bring the global Covid-19 pandemic under control in the coming months provided it distributes the necessary resources fairly, the head of the World Health…

NEW YORK – Moderna said on Tuesday (April 13) that its Covid-19 vaccine still showed strong protection against the illness six months after people received their second shot, with efficacy…

LONDON – Growing worries that AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine causes rare blood clots could hinder immunisation campaigns across the world, from London to Seoul. Reviews by UK and European…