Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Explainer-What is the BA.5 variant and why does it seem to be reinfecting so many people with COVID-19?
By Jennifer Rigby and Julie Steenhuysen LONDON (Reuters) - BA.5, part of the Omicron family, is the latest coronavirus variant to cause widespread waves of infection globally. According to the World H...
Jul 13, 2022
Ahead of Saudi visit, White House signals COVID requires Biden to avoid handshakes
By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw ON BOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will seek to reduce direct contact, such as shaking hands, during his visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia ...
Jul 13, 2022
Texas power use breaks record in heat wave again with no blackouts
(Reuters) - Power demand in Texas hit another all-time high on Tuesday as consumers crank up their air conditioners to escape a lingering heat wave after homes and businesses conserved energy earlier ...
Jul 13, 2022
Wildfires rage as heatwave scorches Portugal and Spain
LISBON (Reuters) - Several large wildfires raged in central Portugal and western Spain menacing villages amid a heatwave that meteorologists expect to push the temperatures to near or above record hig...
Jul 13, 2022
Last maternity clinic in Ukraine-controlled Donbas a lifeline as war closes in
By Simon Lewis POKROVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - In the last specialist maternity ward still under Ukrainian control in the eastern Donbas region, the windows are packed with sandbags. Rooms used for birt...
Jul 13, 2022
Germany presents climate emergency program for transport sector after missing CO2 targets
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economy and transport ministries on Wednesday presented an emergency program to cut emissions in transport after the sector missed its 2021 carbon-dioxide reduction target...
Jul 13, 2022
Adapted, two-strain vaccines to lift COVID protection – EU official
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A European health emergency official on Wednesday said adapted versions of established mRNA COVID-19 vaccines that address two variants in one shot will soon offer people better ...
Jul 13, 2022
Tokyo court orders ex-Tepco execs to pay $95 billion damages over Fukushima disaster -NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo district court on Wednesday ordered four former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to pay 13 trillion yen ($95 billion) in damages to the operator of the wr...
Jul 13, 2022
AstraZeneca says COVID vaccine as effective as mRNA shots in review
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca said on Wednesday a review of real-world data showed its COVID-19 vaccine provided equally effective protection against hospitalisation and death after two doses as with curren...
Jul 13, 2022
Wildfires raging in southwestern France with 1,500 hectares burnt
PARIS (Reuters) - Airborne firefighters and hundreds of emergency crew battled on Wednesday to bring under control wildfires in southwestern France, which have already burnt around 1,500 hectares and ...
Jul 13, 2022
