Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
China reports 106 new COVID cases for June 26 vs 116 day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 106 new coronavirus cases for June 26, of which 39 were symptomatic and 67 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday. That compared ...
Syndicated Content Jun 26, 2022
Casino hub Macau launches third round of COVID testing as infections rise
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Macau launched a third round of mandatory COVID-19 testing for its more than 600,000 residents on Monday, in a push to curb a rise in infections in the world's biggest gambling h...
Syndicated Content Jun 26, 2022
Cannabis use has risen with legalization and COVID lockdowns -U.N. report
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Places including U.S. states that have legalized cannabis appear to have increased its regular use, while COVID lockdowns had a similar effect, raising the risk o...
Syndicated Content Jun 26, 2022
Global biodiversity deal to halt nature loss stalls in Nairobi
By Duncan Miriri and Gloria Dickie NAIROBI (Reuters) - Efforts to draft an ambitious global agreement on halting nature loss ended Sunday with little progress made in the Nairobi negotiations, leaving...
Syndicated Content Jun 26, 2022
Afghan health official warns of disease outbreak among earthquake survivors
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Sayed Hassib KABUL/WOR KALI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Thousands affected by a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan are in need of clean water and food and are at risk of...
Syndicated Content Jun 26, 2022
WHO says monkeypox is not yet a health emergency
LONDON (Reuters) - Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) ruled on Saturday, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply co...
Syndicated Content Jun 25, 2022
Pfizer/BioNTech say Omicron-based COVID shots improve response vs that variant
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Saturday that a booster dose of updated versions of their COVID-19 vaccine, modified specifically to combat the Omicron coronav...
Syndicated Content Jun 25, 2022
Promising hep B data helps GSK inch closer to functional cure
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) - An interim analysis of GSK's experimental hepatitis B therapy bepirovirsen in a mid-stage study has raised hopes for a functional cure for millions suffering from ...
Syndicated Content Jun 25, 2022
Biden administration signals fight over medication abortion
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration indicated it will seek to prevent states from banning a pill used for medication abortion in light of the Supreme Court r...
Syndicated Content Jun 25, 2022
Turkey wildfire under control after 4,500 hectares scorched – government
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A suspected deliberate wildfire is under control after burning 4,500 hectares of forest over three days on Turkey's southwest coast, the government said on Saturday. After inspect...
Syndicated Content Jun 25, 2022



