Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Portugal reports more than 1,000 heat-related deaths
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal has reported more than 1,000 deaths due to the current heat wave, with the health chief warning on Tuesday that the country must gear up to cope with the effects of climate...
Jul 19, 2022
Exclusive-Biden to issue climate executive orders Wednesday -sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will issue executive orders on Wednesday aimed at addressing the climate crisis, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. "Don't be...
Jul 19, 2022
Greek widlfire rages near Athens, threatens residential areas
ATHENS (Reuters) - A wildfire fuelled by strong winds raged on a mountainous area near homes on the outskirts of the Greek capital on Tuesday, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of at least...
Jul 19, 2022
Steamy nights in European heatwave worsen health and fire risks – experts
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) -Hot night time temperatures are hindering firefighting responses across Europe and worsening health conditions as bedtime fails to provide a cooling reprieve, expert...
Jul 19, 2022
China reports one human infection of bubonic plague in northwestern region of Ningxia
BEIJING (Reuters) - The northwestern Chinese region of Ningxia reported one human infection of plague, state television said late on Tuesday. The caseload of human plague infection, a highly infectiou...
Jul 19, 2022
Omicron BA.5 makes up nearly 78% of COVID variants circulating in U.S. – CDC
(Reuters) - The BA.5 subvariant of Omicron was estimated to make up 77.9% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States for the week ended July 16, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
Jul 19, 2022
Factbox-Wildfires breaking out across the world
(Reuters) - Once a rare occurrence, extreme fires are now becoming more frequent and last longer worldwide, fuelled at least in part by climate change, which exacerbate fires' scale and intensity, eve...
Jul 19, 2022
Europe’s heat wave set to persist into next week after peaking – WMO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Europe's heat wave looks set to peak on Tuesday, but temperatures are expected to remain above normal into the middle of next week, an official at the World Meteorological Organizat...
Jul 19, 2022
Inovio to cut 18% full-time jobs to conserve cash
(Reuters) -Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday it was cutting 18% of its full-time workforce, as the company shifts focus to developing its COVID-19 booster shot. Inovio in May had scrapped a l...
Jul 19, 2022
As COVID patent war rages on, pharma group seeks fairer future access
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) - An alliance of companies has pledged to ensure equitable access to vaccines and treatments for pandemics, as the friction around intellectual property rights for C...
Jul 19, 2022
