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The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging governments to strengthen vaccine campaigns.
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Biden, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, has repeatedly said he's not backing down, adamant that he's the candidate who beat Trump before and can do so again.
UK was ill-prepared for COVID and failed its citizens, inquiry finds
The inquiry's first report found the country was ill-prepared for dealing with the whole-system civil emergency of a pandemic let alone COVID itself.
US President Biden tests positive for COVID
As pressure mounts on Biden to drop his re-election campaign, he revealed that he tested positive for COVID-19 before cancelling his speech for an event in Las Vegas.
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Researchers infected 36 people with the virus that causes COVID-19 to understand why some people seem to evade the virus. The answer was in their immune system.
‘New rules of the immune system’ could help treat autoimmune diseases
Researchers at the University of Cambridge say their discovery of “new rules of the immune system” could improve the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS).
Why can’t countries agree on a global pandemic treaty?
Negotiators have tried to work out the details of a pandemic agreement, but now with another delay and elections in many countries, some worry motivation may wane.
Past COVID-19 infection may protect people against some common colds
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UK exports of clothing and footwear to the EU strangled by red tape
A new study suggests that since Brexit complex regulations and red tape at the border have deterred clothing and footwear exports from the UK to Europe. However, beauty and health products, as well as gardening and DIY product exports remain robust.
Post-COVID interest in nursing declining especially in these countries
Interest in the nursing profession among teenagers has dropped in three out of four European countries following the COVID pandemic.
Meryl Streep to perform in Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem
Inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic, Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem will debut in Paris mid-June, with Meryl Streep starring as a narrator.
Pandemic treaty delay leaves 'mixed feelings', says Charles Michel
Lack of political courage led to agreement on a pandemic treaty being put on ice for another year, according to Charles Michel, but a deal is still in sight.
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World Health Assembly opens after pandemic treaty negotiations stall
The head of the World Health Organization on Monday voiced confidence that countries would one day reach a deal on a pandemic accord.
Global life expectancy drops nearly 2 years due to COVID pandemic
Improvements in global life expectancy were eliminated during the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
Fashion brand Esprit files for bankruptcy in Europe
The Hong Kong-listed group says seven of its businesses in Germany cannot pay their bills and it is "unviable financially to continue the business as it is currently structured in Germany".
Euroviews. In the 'WHO blockade' of Taiwan, everyone is a loser
If it had been left to public health experts to decide, perhaps Taiwan’s participation in the WHO would have long been settled as a non-issue, Ambassador Roy Lee writes.
COVID linked to less activity, more screen time among children
A new report from WHO said that the COVID-19 pandemic led to more screen time and less physical activity among European children.
AstraZeneca stock up as it pulls Covid-19 vaccine from European market
The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorisation for its Covid-19 vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator.
AstraZeneca asks for European approval of COVID jab to be pulled
AstraZeneca was one of the first pharma laboratories to launch a COVID vaccine on the market at the end of 2020, a year after the virus appeared.