Health

Canada approves Moderna shot targeting Omicron

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) - Canada on Thursday authorized an updated Moderna Covid-19 booster shot that specifically targets the Omicron variant…

Treatment improves cognition in Down Syndrome patients

Paris, France (AFP) - A new hormone treatment improved the cognitive function of six men with Down Syndrome by 10-30…

US CDC recommends boosters targeting Omicron

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday recommended Covid-19 booster…

Three dead of mystery pneumonia in Argentina, six others ill

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- A third person has died this week in Argentina from a type of pneumonia of…

‘Beginning of the end’: patients hail new treatment for drug-resistant TB

PARIS, France (AFP) - Volodymyr is celebrating a major milestone on Wednesday -- it's his final day of taking a…

Time for Covid reality check after 1 million deaths this year: WHO

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization's Covid chief said Friday it was time for a reality check…

Moderna sues Pfizer, BioNTech over Covid vaccine

  by Joshua Melvin with Juliette Michel in New York Agence France Presse Moderna said Friday it is suing rival…

Global monkeypox cases dropped last week: WHO

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - Monkeypox cases fell by a fifth last week as infections in Europe dropped but the outbreak…

Burkina Faso builds first own drug manufacturing plant

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) - Burkina Faso's Prime Minister Albert Ouedraogo Tuesday visited the country's first own pharmaceuticals manufacturing facility,…

Anthony Fauci, face of US Covid fight, to step down in December

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert who became the face of America's fight against…

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