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US will boost 'Do Not travel' advisories to 80% of world 20 Apr 2021 - 01:38 pm
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US State Department says COVID-19 vaccines shipped for all overseas workforce 20 Apr 2021 - 01:03 pm
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The State Department Building is pictured in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo/File Photo
J&J COVID-19 vaccine reviewed for links to additional reports of severe side effects: CDC 19 Apr 2021 - 07:41 pm
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'Hands of love': warm latex gloves mimic human touch for COVID-19 patients in Brazil 19 Apr 2021 - 06:16 pm
Nursing technician Semei Araujo Cunha and nurse Vanessa Fermenton tie up gloves to make what they call 'maozinha do amor' or 'hands of love', gloves filled with warm water to use on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients intubated at a UPA (Emergency Ser
Doctors say clot treatment advice key to U.S. resuming J&J COVID vaccines 19 Apr 2021 - 01:50 pm
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Canada's Ontario to expand use of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine as epidemic rages 19 Apr 2021 - 11:45 am
Boxes of some of the first 500,000 of the 2-million AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses that Canada has secured through a deal with the Serum Institute of India in partnership with Verity Pharma at a facility in Milton, Ontario, Canad
Just more than half of US adults have gotten at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose -CDC 19 Apr 2021 - 11:29 am
People receive the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a clinic ran by Skippack Pharmacy as cases rise in the state in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 18, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
Argentine court orders city schools in Buenos Aires to open despite Covid-19 surge 19 Apr 2021 - 11:16 am
Children walk past placards during a protest outside the Olivos Presidential residence against new restrictions and the closure of schools imposed in the city and Buenos Aires' province amid a rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Buenos Aires,
US must halve emissions to galvanize global climate action - UN chief 19 Apr 2021 - 10:55 am
File photo: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 14, 2020. Reuters/Mike Segar/File Photo
Five critically injured in drive-by shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana - KSLA 19 Apr 2021 - 08:40 am
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Canada to set aside C$12 bln to extend main pandemic supports in budget - newspaper 18 Apr 2021 - 08:35 pm
A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
Dr. Fauci predicts resumption of J&J COVID-19 vaccine use 18 Apr 2021 - 04:22 pm
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases testifies before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on the Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 15, 2021. Amr Alfiky/Pool via REUTERS/File Pho
Cuba's Raul Castro leaves the political stage, his legacy yet to be written 18 Apr 2021 - 01:23 pm
File photo: Cuban President Raul Castro waves as he arrives to attend a speech from U.S. President Barack Obama at the Gran Teatro in Havana, Cuba, March 22, 2016. Reuters/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Canadian police refuse provincial order to make random stops amid COVID-19 surge 18 Apr 2021 - 01:23 pm
Police offcers ride bikes as demonstrators protest against new coronavirus disease (COVD-19) restrictions, in Toronto, Canada April 17, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
Colombia rules out prompt opening of Venezuela border on Covid concerns 18 Apr 2021 - 11:04 am
File photo: Venezuelan refugees walk to a school where a temporary shelter has been set up, to receive medical assistance and humanitarian aid from the Colombian Red Cross, in Arauquita, Colombia March 28, 2021. Reuters/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo
Biden and Japan's Suga project unity against China's assertiveness 17 Apr 2021 - 03:05 pm
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks alongside Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as they hold a joint news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 16, 2021. Reuters/Tom Brenner
Moderna says vaccines to Canada to be delayed due to Europe shortfall 16 Apr 2021 - 06:52 pm
A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mike
Lilly asks FDA to revoke authorization for lone use of COVID-19 drug bamlanivimab 16 Apr 2021 - 02:15 pm
An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is pictured at 50 ImClone Drive in Branchburg, New Jersey, March 5, 2021. Picture taken March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar