COVID 19

The 2020 lab report was used by the State Department in its own inquiry during Trump administration

The White House has defended the president's top coronavirus adviser, Dr Anthony Fauci, amid scrutiny of his recently released work emails.

Emails released by the US Government have revealed the top adviser knew of Covid’s “unusual features” which may mean it came from a lab.

Moderna said its Covid-19 vaccine was effective in children aged 12 to 17 in a new study, a finding that could clear the way for a second shot for use in adolescents.

Nation’s largest school district needs to get 61% of its 1 million students who are remote back in buildings

Fully vaccinated people don’t need to wear a mask or physically distance during outdoor or indoor activities, with few exceptions, federal health officials said, the fullest easing of pandemic recommendations so far.

The company is expected to apply for emergency authorization use with the FDA in September.

Disinformation online has led to a sluggish vaccine roll-out in Ivory Coast. Ivorian and international health authorities have told FRANCE 24 that they are concerned about the pandemic of fake news. While this problem is not unique to Ivory Coast, the West African state is lagging behind a number of other countries in the region when it comes to vaccination rates.

The top US infectious diseases expert has called on India to take drastic action to “break the chain of transmission” as the crisis worsens.

On Monday, a senior official from India's federal government told journalists that there was no shortage of oxygen in Delhi or anywhere else in the country.

Australia has imposed a blanket ban on arrivals from India, with those daring to violate it to face jail time and heavy fines. The move has been met with criticism, but the government insists it’s needed to protect public health.

Brazil on Thursday became the second country to pass 400,000 COVID-19 deaths after the United States, and experts warned the daily toll could remain high for several months due to slow vaccinations and loosening social restrictions.

President Joe Biden frantically searched for his mask during a speech in Georgia, telling supporters he was “in trouble,” despite the fact that the president was both outside and fully vaccinated.

With astronomical COVID rates and people “dropping like flies”, a “murderously reckless” image out of India has attracted heavy criticism.

Changes comes as more than a third of U.S. adults now have both doses

Families can gather indoors, even if some aren’t vaccinated

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will take centre stage at a “concert to reunite the world” featuring the likes of S

Crematoriums in the Indian capital Delhi have been forced to build makeshift funeral pyres, as the city runs out of space to cremate its dead.

The first emergency medical supplies trickled into Covid-stricken India on Tuesday as part of efforts to staunch a catastrophic wave in the latest pandemic hotspot, with the United States also pledging to export millions of AstraZeneca vaccine doses.

Opponents of California's governor have enough valid signatures to trigger a statewide vote on his leadership.