Health

Top global oil exporter Saudi Arabia launches car-free city

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia, the world's top crude exporter, announced Sunday the launch of an eco-city "with zero…

What we do and don’t know about new Covid mutations

  by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- The emergence in Britain and South Africa of two…

Most Covid-19 patients have at least one lingering symptom 6 months on: study

  by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than three quarters of people hospitalized with Covid-19…

Killer fungus spread rampantly at US hospital Covid ward: study

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Dozens of people being treated for Covid-19 at a Florida hospital last summer became…

1 in 100,000 had severe reactions to Pfizer vaccine: US study

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Roughly one in a hundred thousand people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine have…

Israeli firm in Gaza extracts drinking water from air

by Guillaume Lavallee Agence France-Presse GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — The densely populated Gaza Strip has long lacked sufficient…

WHO validates Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for emergency use against COVID-19

WHO criteria for safety and efficacy met   (Eagle News) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has given emergency validation…

AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid vaccine approved for use in UK

  by James PHEBY Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain on Wednesday became the first country in…

China’s Sinopharm says vaccine ‘79% effective’ against Covid-19

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Phase 3 trials of a Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine found it was 79 percent effective, the…

From the lab to the jab: how BioNTech-Pfizer won the vaccine race

by Hui Min NEO with Yannick PASQUET in Hamburg and Michelle FITZPATRICK and Yann SCHREIBER in Mainz Agence France Presse…

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