Vaccination

WHO says nasal vaccines could help control COVID

Nasal COVID-19 vaccines could help to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control, the World Health Organization said Wednesday after homegrown products were approved in India and China.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO: COVID cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over

The number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%, according to the World Health Organization's latest weekly review of the pandemic issued Wednesday.

Vaccination

EU regulator clears tweaked versions of COVID vaccines

The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of two coronavirus vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Inc., tweaked to include protection against an early version of the omicron variant.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

First death linked to monkeypox reported in US

Texas authorities on Tuesday confirmed the first US death linked to monkeypox, but said they are still determining what role the disease played in the demise of the "severely immunocompromised" patient.

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