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Wave of promising study results raise hopes for coronavirus vaccines

Reuters Both the AstraZeneca and CanSino vaccines use a harmless cold virus known as an adenovirus to carry genetic material from the novel coronavirus into...

WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases for second day in a row

Reuters India on Friday became the third country in the world to record more than 1 million cases of the new coronavirus, behind only the...

U.N. warns of dangerous drop in vaccinations during COVID pandemic

London (Reuters) - Levels of childhood immunisations against dangerous diseases such as measles, tetanus and diphtheria have dropped alarmingly during the COVID-19 pandemic, putting...

Who’s WHO? The World Health Organization under scrutiny

London (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is back in the spotlight over its performance in the global fight against the new coronavirus...

WHO sees first results from COVID drug trials within two weeks

Geneva (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) should soon get results from clinical trials it is conducting of drugs that might be effective...

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