WHO, 37 countries launch alliance to share tools to battle COVID-19
ZURICH (Reuters) – Thirty-seven countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) appealed...
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In Canada’s COVID-19 capital, bone-weary nurses plead for summer break
By Allison Lampert and Sebastien Malo MONTREAL (Reuters) – Quebec nurses and orderlies are...
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Imported novel coronavirus cases return to Spain despite border closure
By Emma Pinedo and Julien Hennequin MADRID (Reuters) – At least 25 imported cases of the...
Read MoreSouth African tobacco firms, associations seek court action over cigarette sales ban
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A raft of South African tobacco companies, activists and associations are seeking legal action over the ban on cigarette sales during the country’s coronavirus lockdown. South Africa is...
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South Africa conducts tests to curb African swine fever outbreak
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa is conducting extensive testing and investigations to...
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European, South Korean authorities vie for COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir
By Carl O’Donnell and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) – European and South Korean...
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Coronavirus carers left ‘in limbo’ as Italian region vetoes budget rise
MILAN (Reuters) – Authorities in Lombardy, the northern Italian region at the centre of one...
Read MoreFDA approves Abbvie’s drug to control menstrual bleeding due to fibroids
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Abbvie Inc’s oral treatment for managing heavy menstrual bleeding associated with fibroids in premenopausal women. The treatment is the first...
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South Africa has backlog of over 96,000 coronavirus tests
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa has a backlog of more than 96,000 unprocessed...
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UK COVID-19 confirmed death toll rises 324 to 38,161
LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s death toll from confirmed cases of COVID-19...
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Italy records 87 new coronavirus deaths, 516 new cases
ROME (Reuters) – Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 87 on Friday, against...
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COVID-19 robot patrol rolled out in Belgian hospitals
By Clement Rossignol and Christian Levaux ANTWERP (Reuters) – Robots that speak more than 53...
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U.S. hospitals slash use of drug championed by Trump as coronavirus treatment
By Michael Erman and Deena Beasley NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. hospitals said they have pulled...
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Spain reports two new COVID-19 deaths, total at 27,121
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Health Ministry said recorded deaths from the coronavirus...
Read MoreFrench mortality rate in May below previous years despite epidemic
PARIS (Reuters) – Fewer people died in France in early May than in the same period in the two previous years following high excess death rates during the peak of the coronavirus epidemic in March-April, statistics agency...
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EU regulator wants more data on malaria drug’s use for COVID-19
(Reuters) – Healthcare professionals should closely monitor COVID-19 patients receiving...
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Philippines records 21 new coronavirus deaths, 1,046 more infections
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Friday reported 21 more novel coronavirus deaths and...
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Minerva’s schizophrenia drug misses main goal in study; shares tumble
(Reuters) – Drug developer Minerva Neurosciences Inc said on Friday its experimental drug...
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Little fear, lots of love as Madrid medics do home rounds amid pandemic
By Susana Vera MADRID (Reuters) – With air kisses and palms clasped, elderly patients in...
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J&J’s Ebola vaccine wins EU regulatory panel backing
(Reuters) – A panel of the European health regulator on Friday recommended approving Johnson...
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