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France took a big step Monday into a post-pandemic future by requiring people to show a QR code proving they have a special virus pass before they can enjoy restaurants and cafes or travel across the country. The measure is part…
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Most people who got a booster shot of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE Covid-19 vaccine had similar or fewer side effects than they did after the second dose, according to a preliminary study conducted by Israel’s largest health maintenance…
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Recent reports show that children are accounting for 15 per cent of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as the delta variant causes an uptick in cases around the country. According to new data collected by the American Academy of…
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Australia’s most populous state has expanded its Covid-19 lockdown to include a rural town and the coastal region of Byron Bay, as the city of Sydney recorded its highest daily case count since the beginning of the pandemic.…
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Scientists from the world’s four major economies, India, China, Russia and Brazil, have come together to carry out genomic sequencing of Covid-19 and studies on the epidemiology and mathematical modelling of the pandemic. This…
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The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19. The mRNA vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech may be less effective than Moderna’s…
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Israel recorded over 5,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the highest tally in over half a year, as it struggled to contain the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the Health Ministry said. The…
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When the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) declared the Tokyo Summer Games closed on Sunday, he called this year’s competition one of “hope, solidarity and peace”. “For the first time since the pandemic began, the…
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A study recently found that a drug meant to treat high cholesterol also cuts COVID infection by 70 percent and reduces its spread from one person to another. The research team, led by the University of Birmingham and Keele…
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People who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are highly protected against severe infection, hospitalization and death caused by the virus. But coronavirus cases among the fully vaccinated — so-called “breakthrough” Covid cases —…
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