Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

EU warily sees 'stabilization' of COVID wave

The European Union is cautiously welcoming a "stabilization" of the latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic but knows it must do more to help poorer nations, especially in Africa with jabs, officials said Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Danes halt virus restrictions; rest of Europe a patchwork

Denmark took the European Union lead Tuesday by scrapping most pandemic restrictions as the Scandinavian country no longer considers COVID-19 "a socially critical disease." European nations elsewhere had a patchwork of different ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Finland to start scaling back Covid curbs early

Finland will scale back some of its coronavirus restrictions early, the government announced Thursday as the strain on the healthcare system eases despite the Omicron wave sweeping the continent.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Romania sees huge jump in COVID-19 cases, deaths climb

Romania on Wednesday recorded a huge jump in COVID-19 infections, hitting a pandemic record of nearly 35,000 daily cases, almost doubling its previous record set only a day earlier. Deaths have also begun to climb.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Omicron now dominant in EU: health agency

Omicron is now the dominant COVID-19 variant circulating in the European Union and European Economic Area (EAA), the bloc's health agency said on Friday.

Medications

More than 2 dozen drugmakers to make Merck's COVID-19 pill

A U.N.-backed organization announced Thursday that it has signed agreements with more than two dozen generic drug makers to produce versions of Merck's COVID-19 pill to supply 105 developing countries.

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