by owner | May 18, 2022 | Medicine, U.S.
As the US records 1 million Covid deaths, experts note underinvestment in long-term care, primary care and public health all contributed to the toll David Rosner continually talks to colleagues who are distraught about the American response to the Covid-19 pandemic....
by owner | May 17, 2022 | Medicine
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. Children in the age group can get a booster shot at least five months after they’ve received the primary two-dose series, the FDA...
by owner | May 17, 2022 | China, News
BEIJING (AP) — Administrators at an elite Beijing university have backed down from plans to further tighten pandemic restrictions on students as part of China’s “zero-COVID” strategy after a weekend protest at the school, according to students Tuesday. Graduate...
by owner | May 16, 2022 | North Korea
This time last week, North Korea was still claiming to be one of three COVID-free countries worldwide. Now it’s facing a public health catastrophe It took almost two and a half years for SARS-CoV-2 to travel from the Chinese city of Wuhan to the North Korean capital...
by owner | May 15, 2022 | News, North Korea
For almost two-and-a-half years, North Korea has stuck to its claim it has seen no cases of Covid-19. Not any more. This week, the country confirmed its first infections. The highly reclusive nation had responded to the pandemic by closing its borders, although...
