A young German pilot said Sunday he traced a giant syringe in the sky as a way of marking the
Month: December 2020
US surpasses 19 mn COVID-19 cases: Johns Hopkins
The United States surpassed 19 million coronavirus cases Sunday, figures from Johns Hopkins University showed, adding one million new cases
Sydney bans New Year crowds as Australian virus cluster grows
Plans to let thousands of frontline workers ring in the new year around Sydney Harbour were ditched Monday as authorities
AstraZeneca: Shot will be effective against COVID-19 variant
The head of drugmaker AstraZeneca, which is developing a coronavirus vaccine widely expected to be approved by U.K. authorities this
China ramps up virus controls to head off winter wave
Temperature checks, queues for tests and inspections at airports—Chinese authorities have stepped up health checks to snuff out the threat
AstraZeneca COVID vaccine has ‘winning formula’: CEO
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by the British drugs group AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has achieved a “winning formula”
South Korea detects first coronavirus variant cases
Three cases of a particularly infectious coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain have been confirmed in South Korea, health
Vaccine campaign grows alongside fears Covid spreading faster
Belgium on Monday joined a growing list of countries to launch COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, while a new coronavirus variant believed
More work needed to identify risk from Nigeria strain, says researcher
A researcher who identified a novel coronavirus variant in Nigeria has cautioned against automatic assumptions that it poses similar risks
Common diabetes drug may trigger rare complications for COVID-19 patients
Diabetes is a known risk factor for morbidity and mortality related to COVID-19. In diabetes patients, rare but severe complications,