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April 23, 20211:08 PM UTCReuters1 minute readVials with a sticker reading, “COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only” and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Novavax logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoTh EU Commission may eventually expand its portfolio of COVID-19 jabs to protein-based vaccines, the…

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a “Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine” sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic//File PhotoThe Canadian health regulator has accepted Medicago’s application for a real-time review of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, the drug developer said on Friday.Medicago is conducting a late-stage study of…

A patient, wearing an oxygen mask, sits outside Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP), one of India’s largest facilities for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients only, in New Delhi, India, April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiIndia recorded the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus cases for a second day in a row on Friday, while daily…

Health and ScienceNew Covid variant detected at Texas A&M lab shows signs of antibody resistance and more severe illness in young peoplePublished Thu, Apr 22 202111:41 AM EDTUpdated 4 Hours AgoRich Mendez@richmendezcnbcShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailKey PointsScientists at Texas A&M University Global Health Research Complex say they’ve detected…

Nurses finish proning a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient inside the intensive care unit of Humber River Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 19, 2021. Picture taken April 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos OsorioOver the course of a single shift last week, critical care physician Laveena Munshi saw her intensive care unit (ICU) at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital…

Israel and Bahrain have agreed to recognise each other’s COVID-19 vaccination programmes and let people who have had shots travel without restriction between the countries, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.The arrangement, the ministry said, will help boost tourism, trade and economic ties between the states, which normalized ties last year in a U.S.-sponsored deal.Israel…

The African Union’s disease control body and World Health Organization on Thursday urged African countries not to waste COVID-19 vaccines donated to them, after confusion in Malawi and South Sudan about whether doses they received had expired.”My appeal to member states is: if we are doing our part to mobilise these vaccines, you do your…

Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) receive medical attention in the emergency area of the Quito South Social Security Institute, in Quito, Ecuador April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Santiago ArcosEcuador on Wednesday implemented a nighttime curfew and other mobility restrictions as a spike in coronavirus cases again overwhelms hospitals in the Andean country, which in 2020…

Singapore’s Minister of Manpower Josephine Teo tours a dormitory room for migrant workers who have recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), amid the outbreak in Singapore May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar SuSingapore’s manpower ministry said authorities were investigating the possibility of COVID-19 re-infections among residents in a migrant workers’ dormitory, after finding about a dozen positive…