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Covid's back: Here's what to know this fall and winter
AFP, Published on 13/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - As colder weather sets in, Covid rates are once more rising across the Northern Hemisphere, with several new variants on the scene.
Chinese take risks on black-market Covid drugs
AFP, Published on 05/01/2023
» BEIJING: Desperate families searching for critical Covid-19 medication in China, faced with bare pharmacy shelves and an explosion of cases, are being driven into murky online marketplaces rife with price gouging and fraud.
China Covid pivot sparks jitters worldwide
AFP, Published on 28/12/2022
» BEIJING: Beijing's sudden pivot away from containing Covid-19 has caused jitters around the world, with the United States saying it may restrict travel from China following its decision to end mandatory quarantine for overseas arrivals.
Biden again tests positive for Covid, returns to isolation
AFP, Published on 31/07/2022
» WASHINGTON: Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time and is returning to isolation, his White House doctor said Saturday, attributing the result to "rebound" positivity from treatment the US president received.
A Covid tale of two presidents
AFP, Published on 22/07/2022
» WASHINGTON - More than two years into the pandemic, a second US president has tested positive for Covid.
Biden tests positive for Covid, 'very mild symptoms'
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, his administration announced, saying the 79-year-old leader was experiencing "mild symptoms" and would carry out his full duties while isolating at the White House.
Biden tests positive for Covid, 'very mild symptoms'
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» United States President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, his administration announced, saying the 79-year-old leader was experiencing "mild symptoms" and would carry out his full duties while isolating at the White House.
Pfizer offers to sell medicines at cost to poorest countries
AFP, Published on 25/05/2022
» DAVOS (SWITZERLAND) - US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday said it would sell its patented drugs on a not-for-profit basis to the world's poorest countries, as part of a new initiative announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Pfizer sees high demand for Covid-19 pill as profits jump
AFP, Published on 04/05/2022
» NEW YORK: Pfizer executives said Tuesday they are confident of strong demand for the company's Covid-19 antiviral treatment amid easing pandemic rules as the big drugmaker reported another round of strong earnings.
Nearly 60% of US population had Covid by February
AFP, Published on 27/04/2022
» WASHINGTON - By February of this year, 58 percent of the US population -- more than 190 million people -- had been infected with Covid, according to an antibody survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Tuesday.