Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Merkel urges errant German states to stick to virus plan

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday pleaded with Germany's 16 federal states to stop straying from agreed pandemic measures, with her CDU party's ratings plummeting as the country stumbles in its virus response.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Saarland, first German state to end virus shutdown from April 6

The southwestern state of Saarland will become the first in Germany to lift its coronavirus shutdown from April 6, with leisure, sports and entertainment facilities to reopen, state premier Tobias Hans said Thursday.

Neuroscience

Riding the wave to memory-forming genetics

UT Southwestern scientists have identified key genes involved in brain waves that are pivotal for encoding memories. The findings, published online this week in Nature Neuroscience, could eventually be used to develop novel ...

Vaccination

Switzerland doubles Pfizer COVID jabs order

Switzerland said on Tuesday it had bought an additional three million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, doubling the number on order to six million.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Thailand to cut hotel quarantine times

Thailand will slash mandatory hotel quarantine times for most travellers starting in April, the health minister announced Monday, with most vaccinated people facing just a week in isolation.

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