Health

Children have 44% lower odds of catching COVID-19 than adults – UK analysis

London (Reuters) - Children have 44% lower odds of catching COVID-19 than adults, according to an analysis led by the president of Britain’s Royal...

Poorer countries to get 120 million $5 coronavirus tests, WHO says

Geneva (Reuters) - Some 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for coronavirus will be made available to low- and middle-income countries at a maximum of...

Exclusive: Fearing supply shortfall, EU wants to buy more COVID vaccines – EU sources

Brussels (Reuters) - The European Union wants to raise more money to shore up its supplies of potential COVID-19 vaccines after estimating that the...

WHO says $700 million raised so far for COVID-19 vaccines initiative for poor

Harare (Reuters) - International donors have raised $700 million - less than half the target - to purchase future coronavirus vaccines for poor countries...

AstraZeneca expects COVID vaccine result by year-end if trials resume

Zurich (Reuters) - AstraZeneca should still know by year-end whether its experimental vaccine protects people against coronavirus, as long as it is cleared to...

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