Roche’s Tecentriq wins FDA approval as first-line therapy for some lung cancer forms
(This May 18 story corrects paragraph 4 to say Tecentriq won “three” other NSCLC...
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Spain’s coronavirus death toll climbs by 95 on Wednesday
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s overnight death toll from the new coronavirus was 95 on...
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Estonia starts testing digital immunity passport for workplaces
By Tarmo Virki TALLINN (Reuters) – Estonia has started to test one of the world’s...
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UK PM Johnson vows ‘world-beating’ track and trace COVID system by June 1
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday a programme to...
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Russia says outbreak stabilising as more leave hospital than test positive
By Darya Korsunskaya and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia recorded its lowest total...
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Rural Ecuador faces coronavirus outbreak without doctors
By Santiago Arcos and Vicente Gaibor Del Pino CHANDUY, Ecuador (Reuters) – When a group of...
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Luxembourg starts mass COVID-19 testing, aims to cover everyone soon
By Hortense de Roffignac LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Luxembourg began mass testing for COVID-19...
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Johnson & Johnson to stop selling talc baby powder in U.S. and Canada
By Carl O’Donnell and Lisa Girion (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson will stop selling...
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Swiss seek to secure COVID-19 vaccine amid hoarding fears
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland has tasked its defense ministry with securing enough COVID-19...
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China’s Wuhan says conducted 856,128 COVID-19 tests on Tuesday
BEIJING (Reuters) – The city of Wuhan, the original epicentre of China’s coronavirus...
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Pakistani legislator dies from COVID-19, as highest daily toll recorded
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani local legislator died on...
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South Africa BCG booster trials seek low-cost weapon against COVID-19
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – The idea of testing the BCG vaccine in Africa against...
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Russia says many coronavirus patients died of other causes. Some disagree
By Polina Ivanova and Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) – Before she died in a Moscow...
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Coronavirus behaving differently in China’s northeast clusters, expert says
BEIJING (Reuters) – The novel coronavirus is behaving differently in patients in northeast...
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Malaysia reports 31 new coronavirus cases; total tops 7,000
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s health ministry reported 31 new coronavirus cases...
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Indonesia reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported on Wednesday 693 new coronavirus infections, the...
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Philippines reports 279 additional new coronavirus cases, five deaths
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ health ministry on Wednesday recorded 279...
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New infections mar South Korean students’ return to school
By Sangmi Cha and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – The discovery of new coronavirus cases in...
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Singapore’s health ministry confirms 570 new coronavirus cases
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s health ministry said on Wednesday it had confirmed...
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Thailand says it expects coronavirus vaccine next year after tests in mice
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand expects to have a vaccine for the novel coronavirus ready next...
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