Doha, Sep 1 (UNI) Qatar has detected the country’s first case of the coronavirus variant EG.5, the country’s Ministry of Public Health said on Thursday. The ministry said the cases showed minor symptoms and required no hospitalization, without revealing the exact number of infections. It added that the ministry “was closely monitoring the epidemiological situation…
New York, June 12 (UNI) U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight doctors and researchers, including two prominent critics of federal scientists and the Joe Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine policies, to replace roughly half the members he fired from an expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Los Angeles, May 2 (UNI) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes for Health (NIH) on Thursday announced the launch of Generation Gold Standard, a next-generation universal vaccine platform designed to combat pandemic-prone viruses. The platform is based on a beta-propiolactone (BPL)-inactivated, whole-virus approach – a modernized take on…
New Delhi, March 6 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Thursday issued an order preventing the registration of any new criminal cases against Tamil Nadu Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Udhayanidhi Stalin over his remarks on Sanatana Dharma, unless approved by the apex court. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv…
New York, Feb. 19 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to shrink the size of the federal work force dealt blows to thousands of civil servants in the past few days, but the cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services, coming on the heels of the coronavirus pandemic, the worst public health crisis…
Beijing, Jan 26 (UNI) The CIA has changed its position on the origin of COVID-19 and now supports the theory of an accidental leak of the virus from a lab in China’s Wuhan, the New York Times reported. The CIA has said for years that it did not have enough information to conclude whether the…
Geneva, Dec 31 (UNI) China has a moral scientific obligation to share data on the origins of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on the fifth anniversary of the first media article about cases of respiratory infection in Wuhan. “We continue to call on China to share data and access so…
Beijing, Dec 15 (UNI) Passenger trains between Russia and China will resume running on Sunday, December 15, 2024, after a four-year hiatus, Russian Railways reported. Passenger traffic between the countries was temporarily suspended in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. From December 15, Russian Railways introduces a new train schedule for three years through 2027. From…
Washington, Dec 3 (UNI) More than $250 billion were stolen in the United States as a result of fraudulent schemes in government aid payments during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by US congressmen following a two-year investigation. “Fraudsters cost the American taxpayer more than $191 billion dollars by taking advantage of the federal…
The Hague, Aug 28 (UNI) The Dutch government announced on Tuesday a new COVID-19 vaccination campaign for people aged 60 or over and those at increased risk. “This will restore their protection against hospitalization or death from the virus,” said the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in a press release. “People who want a…
