Mongolian doctors trek to remote areas to give herders jabs
by Khaliun Bayartsogt Agence France-Presse DUNDGOBI, Mongolia (AFP) - Nurse Sodkhuu Galbadrakh clutches a box of Covid-19 vaccines on his…
3 years ago
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Omicron risk remains ‘very high’: WHO
by Robin MILLARD Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The risk posed by the Omicron variant is still "very high",…
3 years ago
Rapid Covid tests not as accurate with Omicron: US regulator
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Rapid Covid home tests are more likely to give a false negative with the heavily-mutated…
3 years ago
Boosters may prolong Covid WHO warns, France jabs kids as Omicron surges
"No country can boost its way out of the pandemic," warns WHO chief LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The…
3 years ago
Third jab ‘significantly’ boosts Omicron antibodies: AstraZeneca
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Thursday that a third, or "booster", dose of its…
3 years ago
US health regulator authorizes Pfizer’s Covid pill as Omicron surges
by Issam AHMED Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday authorized Pfizer's anti-Covid pill for…
3 years ago
WHO approves Novavax as 10th authorized Covid jab
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization on Tuesday approved a Covid vaccine made by US pharma giant…
3 years ago
Residents revolt against UK sewage dumping
by Martine PAUWELS Agence France-Presse BRIGHTON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Brighton, on England's south coast, has been described as Britain's…
3 years ago
No mountain high enough: Study finds plastic in ‘clean’ air
PARIS, France (AFP) - From Mount Everest to the Mariana Trench, microplastics are everywhere – even high in the Earth’s…
3 years ago
Human cost of China’s green energy rush ahead of Winter Olympics
by Poornima WEERASEKARA Agence France-Presse BAODING, China (AFP) - Beaten, forced off their land, cheated out of money, and even…
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