Top news of the week: 06.12.2022.
Chinese cities ease Covid curbs in wake of protests
Shanghai and Urumqi to reopen markets and restaurants and loosen public transport restrictions
WHO estimates 90% of world have some resistance to Covid
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned gaps in vigilance are leaving space for a troubling new variant to emerge
US plans end to mpox public health emergency in January
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government plans to end in January the public health emergency it declared earlier this year after an outbreak of mpox infected more than 29,000 people across ...
Anthony Fauci on coronavirus pandemic and future of public health as he prepares to leave government
Anthony S. Fauci has led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984 and has been the public face of the government's response to COVID-19. On Thursday, Dec. 1 at ...
First Thing: Florida man restrained by jailers ‘died by strangulation’
Private autopsy says Kevin Desir’s death after struggle was homicide, undermining official investigation
Pfizer applies for FDA authorization for Omicron-retooled vaccine booster in kids under 5
Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Monday they have submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorization of their ...
Minnesota board: Moorhead-made THC gummies are too potent
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy on Monday sued a Moorhead-based manufacturer of THC-laced gummies, saying the company's candies contain far stronger doses of the ...
RSV and flu: US children's hospitals stretched by respiratory viruses
More than three quarters of paediatric hospital beds were full in November, health officials say.