France on Wednesday started administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine to people over 65 and those with underlying health conditions as the delta variant spreads in the country. France is the first big EU country to introduce widespread booster shots, and several other European countries are expected to follow suit. […]
China’s drug regulator has approved the country’s first mixed-vaccine trial, a company involved in the study said, as the rapid spread of the Delta variant raises concern about the efficacy of domestically produced jabs. The trial will test the efficacy of combining an “inactivated” vaccine made by China’s Sinovac with […]
China revealed the first human case of H10N3 bird flu on Tuesday, an announcement that has so far raised no alarm among world health authorities. Here is what we know. What was found? The case of H10N3 bird flu announced by China on Tuesday is the first of its strain […]
A man in China caught the first case of H10N3 bird flu ever reported in a human, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) announced Tuesday (June 1). The H10N3 strain of avian influenza normally causes mild disease in birds, and until now, no cases of the viral infection had been reported […]
A team led by a social work researcher at The University of Toledo has published the first empirical evidence that emotional support animals can provide quantifiable benefits to individuals with serious mental illness who are experiencing depression, anxiety and loneliness. The research brings credence to the many anecdotal reports of […]
Suicide rates in England did not rise following the first national lockdown in 2020 despite higher levels of greater distress, University of Manchester researchers have found. However, they stress the need to continue monitoring figures and to maintain suicide prevention measures. The study, published in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe today, […]
Canada continues to expect its first shipment of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines at month’s end despite US and EU pauses over blood clot fears, officials said Tuesday, while also announcing a first Canadian clotting case linked to the AstraZeneca jab. US health authorities earlier recommended pausing the Johnson & […]
Nearly half of people who experienced possible cancer symptoms in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic did not contact their GP, the initial findings of a UK-wide survey have suggested. The research was carried out by Cardiff University and Cancer Research UK, with preliminary findings focusing on the experiences […]
Nearly one in three working-age adults in France (29%) surveyed in July 2020—when lockdown restrictions had been eased—were outright opposed to being vaccinated against the virus, according to new research published in The Lancet Public Health journal. Researchers found that more than two-thirds of people (71%) could accept a vaccine […]
Thousands of Hong Kongers will be ordered to stay in their homes for the city’s first coronavirus lockdown, local media reported Friday, as authorities battle an outbreak in one of its poorest and most densely packed districts. The order bans anyone from leaving their apartment unless they can show a […]