Health

Beijing orders mass Covid
testing; lockdown fears grow

BEIJING (Agencies): The Chinese capital, Beijing, has launched a COVID-19 testing drive for most of its 21 million people as…

2 years ago

Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic buying

BEIJING (AFP): Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing as long queues formed on Monday in…

2 years ago

Pfizer recalls some batches of blood pressure drug over cancer-causing agent

WASHINGTON (Reuters): Pfizer said on Friday it was voluntarily recalling five batches of its Accupril blood pressure tablets after finding…

2 years ago

Beijing on alert after COVID-19 cases discovered in school

BEIJING (AP): Beijing is on alert after 10 middle school students tested positive for COVID-19, in what city officials said…

2 years ago

Shanghai promises to improve food supplies, trade

BEIJING (AP): Officials in Shanghai promised Friday to ease anti-virus controls on truck drivers that are hampering food supplies and…

2 years ago

Ukraine: People with chronic diseases face massive challenges in accessing health care

F.P. Report LVIV: At the 2-month mark of the war in Ukraine, a new WHO survey illustrates the devastating impact…

2 years ago

Surprisingly low Shanghai COVID death count spurs questions

TAIPEI (AP): Lu Muying died on April 1 in a government quarantine facility in Shanghai, with her family on the…

2 years ago

Shanghai allows 4 million out of homes as virus rules ease

BEIJING (AP): Shanghai allowed 4 million more people out of their homes Wednesday as anti-virus controls that shut down China’s…

2 years ago

Biden administration to appeal lifting of mask mandate, if CDC agrees

WASHINGTON (Reuters): US President Joe Biden's administration said on Tuesday it would appeal a judge's ruling ending a mask mandate…

2 years ago

J&J suspends COVID-19 vaccine sales forecast

WASHINGTON (AP): Johnson & Johnson is suspending sales forecasts for its COVID-19 vaccine only a few months after saying the…

2 years ago

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