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Ambulance workers to strike, further disrupting UK health service

By Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s health service faces further disruption in December a...

1st December, 2022

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Pfizer/BioNTech’s updated COVID shot shows strong response against BQ.1.1

(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Friday their Omicron-tailored shot...

18th November, 2022

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Explainer-How the World Health Organization might fight future pandemics

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics are underway a...

18th November, 2022

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New China COVID rules spur concern as some cities halt routine tests

By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Several Chinese cities began cutting routine community COVID-19 testin...

14th November, 2022

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Trauma of South Korea Halloween party crush is pervasive, expert says

By Daewoung Kim and Hanna Song SEOUL (Reuters) – As South Korea mourns the deaths of more than 150 p...

2nd November, 2022

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Shaken by heatwaves, U.S. clinics get tips on staying cool

By David Sherfinski NAGS HEAD, North Carolina (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The day a patient colla...

5th October, 2022

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France’s 8th wave of COVID is gaining in intensity – health official

PARIS (Reuters) – France has entered an eighth wave of the COVID-19 virus, as the winter season appr...

4th October, 2022

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British health officials warn of difficult winter with flu and COVID

LONDON (Reuters) – British health officials on Wednesday warned that increased circulation of flu an...

28th September, 2022

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Britain launches plan to ease doctor waiting lists

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s health minister on Thursday will set out a plan to cut waiting times fo...

22nd September, 2022

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EU health regulator says COVID pandemic not over

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -An official at the European Union’s drugs regulator said on Tuesday the COVID-1...

20th September, 2022

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End of COVID pandemic is ‘in sight’ -WHO chief

By Manas Mishra (Reuters) -The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemi...

14th September, 2022

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Take whatever COVID booster you can get, says head of EU drugs watchdog

By Ludwig Burger, Jennifer Rigby and Natalie Grover FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) -People in Europe sho...

14th September, 2022