Immunology
EU moves to halt air travel from places with new COVID variant
By Sabine Siebold and Marine Strauss (Reuters) - The European Union might halt air travel from places where a new...
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German air force to transfer COVID patients as some hospitals overwhelmed
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany readied its air force to transfer COVID-19 patients from overwhelmed hospitals in the south as national case...
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Britain alarmed by new COVID-19 variant spreading in South Africa
By Alistair Smout and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Thursday said it was concerned by a newly identified coronavirus...
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Australia investigates new COVID-19 variant found in South Africa
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Friday said it was investigating the newly identified COVID-19 variant spreading in South Africa and...
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Dutch return to partial lockdown as COVID-19 cases soar
By Bart H. Meijer and Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Netherlands will return to a partial lockdown from Saturday after...
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Europe becomes COVID-19’s epicentre again, some countries look at fresh curbs
By Josephine Mason and Emilio Parodi LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) -Europe has become the epicentre of the pandemic again, prompting some governments...
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U.S. brokers J&J-COVAX deal to send vaccines to conflict zones -Blinken
By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the United States has...
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UK researchers identify T-cell targets for future COVID vaccines
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - British researchers said on Wednesday they had identified proteins in the coronavirus that are...
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Analysis-Country by country, scientists eye beginning of an end to the COVID-19 pandemic
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - As the devastating Delta variant surge eases in many regions of the world, scientists...
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Analysis-With boosters, masks and Green Pass, Israel sees a COVID-19 wave in retreat
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Four months into one of its worst COVID-19 outbreaks, Israel is seeing a sharp...
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Severe COVID-19 may trigger autoimmune conditions; New variants cause more virus in the air
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that...
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Brazil’s health minister tests positive for COVID-19 in NYC
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for COVID-19 hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to the United...
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COVID-19 vaccine skeptic Bolsonaro gets a pass at U.N. but not New York restaurants
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Unvaccinated heads of state attending the United Nation General Assembly this week may have to settle for a...
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British study to test mixed COVID-19 vaccine dose schedules in children
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - A British study will look into the immune responses of children to mixed schedules...
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India ‘prepares for the worst’ ahead of possible COVID-19 third wave
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - As COVID-19 cases and deaths exploded in India in April and May,...
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Cuba prepares to vaccinate its children, entire population
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will begin vaccinating adolescents against COVID-19 this week and younger children from mid-September...
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Kerala’s COVID-19 lessons for India and Modi’s government
By Krishna N. Das MALAPPURAM, India (Reuters) - Vilified by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party for its high COVID-19...
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Gamma coronavirus variant detected in Russia, Ifax reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Gamma variant of the novel coronavirus, first found in Brazil, has been detected in small quantities...
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Global quest underway to speed COVID-19 vaccine trials
By Julie Steenhuysen and Ludwig Burger CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists are working on a benchmark for COVID-19 vaccine efficacy that...
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