The first photo I ever took of my daughter, and the last
KAPPARA, Malta (Reuters) – I took the first photo of my daughter, Rebecca, moments after she was born on August …
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J&J COVID-19 vaccine in limbo as U.S. panel delays vote on resuming shots
(Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine remained in limbo on Wednesday as a U.S. health panel called for more data …
WHO warns on Brazil COVID-19 outbreak as Bolsonaro blasts Senate inquiry
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday blasted a pending Senate inquiry on his handling of a …
Officials urge vigilance as Germany sees 3rd infection wave
BERLIN — German health officials warned Friday that the country’s latest eruption of coronavirus cases has the potential to be …
No virus variants can evade all antibody types, so far; new variants can infect mice
FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an …
Canada's Ontario entering COVID-19 third wave, top doctor says
FILE PHOTO: People walk with face masks on the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring coronavirus disease (COVID-19) …
US prison guards refusing vaccine despite COVID-19 outbreaks
A Florida correctional officer polled his colleagues earlier this year in a private Facebook group: “Will you take the COVID-19 …
Italy's Piedmont region temporarily suspends AstraZeneca shots
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s northern region of Piedmont said on Sunday said it would temporarily suspend AstraZeneca coronavirus shots after …
Graphic: Bats and the origins of outbreaks
FILE PHOTO: One of some 1.5 million bats emerges from below the Congress Street Bridge near downtown Austin, Texas July …
U.S. COVID-19 deaths fall for third week as cases see steep drop
(Reuters) – Deaths from COVID-19 in the United States fell for a third straight week last week, as cases and …
Pfizer says South African variant could significantly reduce vaccine protection
(Reuters) – A laboratory study suggests that the South African variant of the coronavirus may reduce antibody protection from the …
Switzerland plans cautious easing of pandemic lockdown from March
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland plans to make its first “cautious steps” towards ending its coronavirus lockdown next month, the government …
Fresh data show toll South African virus variant takes on vaccine efficacy
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Clinical trial data on two COVID-19 vaccines show that a coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa …
Coronavirus and other deadly epidemics
The novel coronavirus pandemic, soon to pass the milestone of one million deaths, has a higher toll compared with other …
Mysterious disease X – When an unknown disease to the global threat
Disease X – When a deadly plague is coming The world health organization lists the “disease X” as the “epidemic …
New tool for tracking cholera outbreaks could make it easier to detect deadly epidemics
Algorithms using data from antibody signatures in peoples’ blood may enable scientists to assess the size of cholera outbreaks and …