Health

Moderna announced Monday that it plans to release a combined Covid-flu-RSV booster vaccine in late 2023, in the hopes that a combined vaccination will motivate consumers to obtain an annual injection. Before 2024, a single vaccination...

According to Malaysia’s health ministry, 3,010 new COVID-19 infections were registered as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national total to 2,808,347. According to data posted on the ministry’s website, there are 263 new imported cases and...

Ecuador on Sunday declared a red alert in most of the country following a ten-fold increase in Covid-19 cases. The red alert applies to 193 of the South American country’s 221 cantons, including major population hubs...

Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) chairman Kirill Dmitriev was quoted as saying on Saturday on the vaccine’s Twitter account that the Sputnik V anti-coronavirus vaccine has shown good efficiency against the omicron strain of the novel...

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is spreading among over-50s, but data do not suggest further restrictions are needed because of the high uptake of booster jabs by older people, British Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said on...

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on Friday, while authorities who pioneered Britain’s fight against Covid-19 were also honored in the traditional New Year’s Honours. Blair was made a Knight Companion...

With the newest findings, which were the first to offer testing results and data from a working day after the Christmas break, the overall number of omicron cases found in Germany increased dramatically. On Tuesday, German...

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi is planning a trip to Russia after receiving an invitation from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, according to an Iranian government spokeswoman. This will be Raisi’s first trip to Russia since 2017....

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has committed $4.1 million in technical assistance to help Asia and the Pacific’s agri-food value chains and rural economies recover from the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects. COVID-19’s impact on the region’s food...

Israel declared on Monday that Israeli nationals will be prohibited from traveling to the United States without special permission as of Wednesday midnight local time (22:00 UTC Tuesday). Concerns about the spread of the omicron version...