Health

BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday promised US$3 billion in aid to developing countries to fight COVID-19 at an unprecedented emergency online meeting of APEC heads of state. Xi said the additional funds, […]

The Government of Grenada today launched its Maritime Economy plan (MEP). Cabinet’s endorsement of this strategic plan is a positive indicator of the Government’s commitment to develop a sustainable blue economy to stimulate national development […]

HE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The EU’s medicines watchdog said on Wednesday two jabs by approved vaccine makers were “vital” to provide maximum protection against the highly infectious coronavirus Delta variant, urging countries to speed up their inoculation drives. […]

(AFP)— India’s version of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine is not authorised in the EU due to the possibility of “differences” with the original, Europe’s drug regulator said Wednesday. The African Union has complained that the EU’s […]

PARIS, France (AFP) — A cocktail of synthetic antibodies reduces deaths among severe COVID-19 patients who are unable to mount a strong immune response, results from a major clinical trial showed Wednesday. The therapy, developed by the […]

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden will on Thursday announce a “historic” US donation of half a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses for 92 poorer countries, the White House said. The United States is buying 500 […]

NEW YORK, United States (AP) — Some researchers believe COVID-19 has derailed the fight against HIV, siphoning away health workers and other resources and setting back a US campaign to decimate the AIDS epidemic by […]

UNITED STATES (AP) — Health authorities are trying to determine whether heart inflammation that can occur along with many types of infections could also be a rare side effect in teens and young adults after […]