Health

Covid-19 reinfection casts doubt on virus immunity: study

by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Covid-19 patients may experience more severe symptoms the second time they are infected,…

Coronavirus ‘can survive for 28 days on surfaces’: study

by Holly ROBERTSON Agence France-Presse BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can survive on items such as banknotes…

Mental health toll of pandemic ‘devastating’: WHO

by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The Covid-19 pandemic is having a "devastating impact" on mental…

US-British trio win Nobel Medicine Prize for Hepatitis C discovery

by Pia OHLIN STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) -- Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton won the…

Second Russian virus vaccine passes early trials: report

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Early clinical trials of a second Russian coronavirus vaccine have proved successful, its developer said…

Flying doctors: UK air ambulance tests paramedic jet suit

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Emergency responders and engineers in Britain said on Tuesday they have successfully tested "the world's…

5G networks: are there health risks?

  by Paul RICARD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Do 5G mobile telephones and networks pose health risks?…

Chinese company targets global sales with quick Covid-19 tests

  by Ludovic EHRET Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A Chinese company is entering the global race to…

Global coronavirus death toll passes one million

  by Simon MALFATTO Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- The global death toll from the new coronavirus, which…

Avigan maker to seek virus treatment approval after trials

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The maker of anti-influenza drug Avigan said Wednesday it will apply for the medication to be…

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