Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Switzerland signs contract for over 1,200 doses of AstraZeneca COVID treatment
BERLIN (Reuters) - Switzerland has agreed to buy just over 1,200 doses of AstraZeneca's tixagevimab/cilgavimab, a combination drug designed to both prevent and treat COVID-19, the government said in a...
Jul 20, 2022
Australia raises guard against foot and mouth disease after Indonesia cases
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday said it has stepped up protection against foot and mouth disease at its international airports following an outbreak of the disease in Indonesia. Travellers a...
Jul 20, 2022
Factbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - Australians admitted to hospitals from COVID-19 neared record levels on Wednesday, as authorities urged businesses to let staff work from home and recommended people wear masks indoors and...
Jul 20, 2022
Indonesian court rejects call to legalise medicinal marijuana
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a judicial review of the country's narcotics law that would have paved the way for legalising marijuana for medicinal use, a ...
Jul 19, 2022
China reports 1,012 new COVID cases for July 19 vs 776 day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 1,012 new coronavirus cases for July 19, of which 150 were symptomatic and 862 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday. It was the first...
Jul 19, 2022
Australians urged to work from home as winter Omicron wave swamps hospitals
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australians admitted to hospitals from COVID-19 neared record levels on Wednesday as authorities urged businesses to let staff work from home and recommended people we...
Jul 19, 2022
Shanghai reports 10 new local asymptomatic COVID cases, 5 symptomatic for July 19
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai reported 10 new domestically transmitted asymptomatic coronavirus cases for July 19, down from 19 a day earlier, while local symptomatic cases were five, up from four the...
Jul 19, 2022
Novavax says U.S. FDA clears COVID vaccine doses for release
(Reuters) - Vaccine maker Novavax on Tuesday said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had cleared a lot of its COVID vaccine for release in the United States, and it plans to ship doses to be d...
Jul 19, 2022
Democrats’ policy package to include prescription drug cost controls and Obamacare fix
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that prescription drug cost controls and an Obamacare fix are the only components Democrats will seek for now in a fast...
Jul 19, 2022
U.S. CDC advisers back Novavax COVID vaccine for adults
By Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) -Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday voted unanimously to recommend use of Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 1...
Jul 19, 2022
