Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
China reports 420 new COVID cases for July 9 vs 455 a day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 420 new COVID-19 infections on July 9, down from 455 a day earlier, according to data published by the National Health Commission on Sunday. The total included 319 ...
Jul 09, 2022
Abbott says it has reopened Michigan baby formula plant
By Akanksha Khushi (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories has reopened its Sturgis, Michigan baby formula plant, which was shut last month due to heavy rains, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Saturday....
Jul 09, 2022
Kenya, World Health Organization launch emergency hub
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan government and World Health Organization on Saturday launched a medical emergency hub in Nairobi, the first in a network of African centres they say will hasten response...
Jul 09, 2022
Macau shuts casinos and other businesses to contain COVID outbreak
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Macau will shut almost all commercial and industrial businesses including its casinos for one week from Monday, as authorities race to curb a surge of COVID-19 infections in the ...
Jul 09, 2022
Invasion of giant African land snails puts Florida on offensive
By Randi Love (Reuters) - Hundreds of giant African land snails have turned up on Florida's Gulf Coast, officials said on Friday, threatening to destroy a vast array of plants and trees, and posing th...
Jul 08, 2022
U.S. FDA grants full approval to Pfizer COVID vaccine for ages 12-15
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has granted full approval to Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged between 12 and 15 years. The vaccine, sold ...
Jul 08, 2022
Wildfire burns through giant sequoias in California’s Yosemite
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - A wildfire was burning through part of California's Yosemite National Park on Friday, threatening some of the largest and oldest giant sequoia trees in the world as the state...
Jul 08, 2022
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon hits record for first half of 2022
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached a record high for the first six months of the year, as an area five times the size of New York City was destroy...
Jul 08, 2022
Monkeypox: French health authority recommends vaccination of people exposed to virus risk through sexual relations
PARIS (Reuters) - France's HAS health authority on Friday published its recommendations on how to vaccinate people against Monkeypox, saying that those most exposed to the risk of contracting the viru...
Jul 08, 2022
Firefighters, aircraft fight blaze near France’s Mediterranean coast
PARIS (Reuters) - Airborne French firefighters and hundreds of emergency crew battled on Friday to bring under control a wildlife near the Mediterranean coast, local authorities said. Nearly 700 firef...
Jul 08, 2022
