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EU regulator backs Pfizer/BioNTech BA.4/5-adapted COVID booster

By Natalie Grover (Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Monday recommended a COVID-19 bo...

12th September, 2022

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EU regulator backs two Omicron-adapted COVID boosters

By Natalie Grover and Ludwig Burger (Reuters) -The European Union’s drug regulator on Thursday backe...

2nd September, 2022

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Spanish toddler dies after being hit by giant hailstone

MADRID (Reuters) – A 20-month-old girl died after being struck on the head during a violent hailstor...

31st August, 2022

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China’s big cities, from Dalian to Shenzhen, ramp up COVID curbs

BEIJING/SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -Several of China’s biggest cities imposed tougher COVID-19 curbs...

30th August, 2022

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British scientists behind key COVID trial launch study to test monkeypox treatment

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – The British scientists behind one of the major therapeutic COVI...

24th August, 2022

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Bavarian Nordic signs up U.S. firm for packaging monkeypox vaccine

(Reuters) – Danish biotech firm Bavarian Nordic said on Thursday it has signed up a U.S.-based manuf...

19th August, 2022

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WHO vows nothing ‘ridiculous’ as public submits ideas to rename monkeypox

By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – Poxy McPoxface, TRUMP-22 or Mpox: these s...

16th August, 2022

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UK to offer COVID booster to all adults from September

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -All adults in the United Kingdom will be offered a COVID-19 boos...

15th August, 2022

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UK first to approve Omicron COVID shot with Moderna nod

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -Britain, the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine in l...

15th August, 2022

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Dead fish in River Oder on Polish/German border spur contamination probe

By Marek Strzelecki WARSAW (Reuters) – Tonnes of dead fish have been hauled out of the River Oder, w...

12th August, 2022

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‘Extreme’ weather warning in force in Britain as new heatwave hits

By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -A four-day “extreme heat” warning came into force in parts of...

11th August, 2022

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Exclusive-Rotavirus childhood vaccine shortage hits four African countries

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Supplies of a vaccine to prevent the deadly rotavirus infection...

10th August, 2022