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J&J Covid booster highly effective against severe Omicron: study
A preliminary South African government study showed a booster of the Johnson & Johnson COVID...
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132 million Covid shots given last year in Britain’s largest vaccine campaign
About 132 million coronavirus shots were given last year amid the largest vaccine campaign in...
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New easy-to-use COVID-19 pills come with a catch
Newly infected COVID-19 patients have two new treatment options that can be taken at home.But...
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Antibodies aren't the only defense against Omicron
In the fight against the coronavirus, one key component of the human immune system has...
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India to give COVID-19 booster shots to healthcare workers from Jan 10
India will start administering COVID-19 booster shots as a precautionary measure to healthcare and frontline...
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Australian PM meets with state leaders as virus cases surge
ew COVID-19 cases in Australia’s most populous state surged to a pandemic record Wednesday, as...
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Omicron forces U.S. firms to reassess return-to-office plans, vaccine mandates
Major U.S. companies are having to reassess their return-to-office plans and getting tough on vaccine...
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Omicron variant is 'raging around the world’, says US adviser Anthony Fauci
The Covid-19 Omicron variant is “raging around the world,” the White House’s top medical adviser...
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Hong Kong bans non-resident arrivals from 13 more countries due to Omicron
Hong Kong has banned non-residents from entering the city from four African countries and plans...
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COVID-19 case detected at Johor Causeway on first day of Singapore-Malaysia vaccinated travel lane
A COVID-19 case was detected at the Johor Causeway on the first day of the...
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Omicron: how Covid-19 variants are named and classified
Omicron, the new coronavirus variant detected in southern Africa, has sparked another round of concern...
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Vaccines reduce COVID-19 transmission by 40%: WHO
COVID-19 vaccines reduce transmission of the dominant Delta variant by about 40 per cent, the...
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Europe battles COVID surge as WHO warns of 700,000 more deaths
Europe remains "in the firm grip" of COVID and the continent's death toll could top...
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Europe's COVID crisis pits vaccinated against unvaccinated
This was supposed to be the Christmas in Europe where family and friends could once...
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Austria to enter lockdown, bring in mandatory vaccinations
Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday that the country will go into a national lockdown...
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Which countries have made Covid-19 vaccination mandatory?
Governments have been making Covid-19 shots mandatory for health workers and other high-risk groups, prompted...
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Philippines prepares to reopen to vaccinated tourists 'soon'
Travellers planning to visit the Philippines have a reason to be hopeful after authorities in...
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UK raises terror threat level after explosion outside Liverpool hospital
Britain raised its terrorism threat level Monday, hours after an improvised explosion outside a hospital...
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Jordan offers fifth of adults Covid booster jab
Jordanian health authorities said on Sunday that all adults who have been fully vaccinated against...
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Merkel calls on all Germans to get vaccinated to avoid bad virus winter
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday called on all unvaccinated Germans to get their shots as...
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WHO to set guidelines on COVID-19 antiviral pills soon
World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Friday (Nov 12) they were hoping to convene...
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Pfizer asks US FDA to approve Covid-19 booster shots for all adults
Pfizer asked US regulators on Tuesday to approve booster doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for...
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Unvaccinated people 16 times more likely to need intensive care or die from COVID-19: Australia's NSW
Unvaccinated people are 16 times more likely to end up in intensive care units or...
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HPV vaccines 'substantially' reduce cervical cancer risk: study
Cervical cancer cases plummeted among British women who received a vaccination against the human papillomavirus,...
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Australians skirt vaccine rules with black market certificates
A ban on unvaccinated Australians entering bars and restaurants nudged thousands to get jabbed --...