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China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Pursuit Causes Mayhem Ahead of Party Conclave
In China’s far west region of Xinjiang, officials imposed a near-total lockdown and made a rare admission of failure of their handling of a...
CDC Ends Country-by-Country Covid Travel Advisories
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will not maintain an inventory of Covid-19 travel advisories for foreign countries, the agency said...
Major Covid Holdouts in Asia Drop Border Restrictions
HONG KONG — After two and a half years of tight pandemic controls, a few of Asia’s last holdouts are opening their borders, as...
China Gets Its First mRNA Covid Vaccine Approval — in Indonesia
A Chinese Covid-19 vaccine based on mRNA technology has received government approval for the primary time — but not in China.The shot, developed by...
Supreme Court to permit public at hearings for first time since Covid
A crosswalk signal is seen outside the U.S. Supreme Court constructing in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2022.Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersThe Supreme Court starting Monday...
EdTech’s opportunity as billions are spent to shut Covid learning gap
Billions in federal aid are being put to work in an try and reverse profound learning losses that occurred as distant education became the...
COVID symptoms blamed for 500,000 staff not returning to labor pool
The COVID pandemic has sapped the US labor pool of about 500,000 employees because persistent symptoms have prevented them from returning to work, recent...
Democrats want probe of airline Covid bailouts over staff buyouts
Airline pilots walk through the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on December 27, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesTwo House Democrats have...
Dr. Oz has ties to hydroxychloroquine firms as he backs Covid treatment
Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz has financial ties to not less than two pharmaceutical firms that offer hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that...
Individuals who recently caught Covid can wait to get omicron booster
People walk by a Covid-19 testing site at Times Square on May 12, 2022 in Recent York City.Liao Pan | China News Service |...
Covid app tests people’s voices for ‘accurate’ coronavirus infection detection, scientists say
Scientists are developing a cell phone app that “accurately” detects Covid-19 infections by analysing an individual’s voice using artificial intelligence (AI).The yet-to-be peer-reviewed research...
U.S. health officials brace for one more fall Covid surge, but with fewer deaths
People walk past a COVID-19 walk up testing site on July 28, 2022 in Latest York City.Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty...