GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization expressed concerns today that rich countries spooked by the emergence of the omicron variant could step up the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines and strain global supplies again, complicating efforts to stamp out the pandemic. The U.N. health agency, ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Even as the U.S. closes in on a milestone of 200 million people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, cases and hospitalizations are spiking again, including in highly inoculated corners of the country like New England. New cases in the U.S. climbed from an average of ...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today ordered an inquiry and said he was "furious" after a leaked video showed senior members of his staff joking about holding a lockdown-breaching Christmas party. The video has poured fuel on allegations that government officials ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is introducing mandatory vaccinations by March 1 for teachers, medical workers, and uniformed security workers like police, the military, firefighters and security guards. Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said today that after March 1, vaccination will be a ...
BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets followed Wall Street higher today as anxiety about the coronavirus's latest variant eased and China reported stronger November trade figures than expected. London and Frankfurt opened higher. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. Oil prices rose more ...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union drug regulator gave its backing today to mixing different types of vaccines in initial vaccination and booster campaigns to battle the coronavirus. The European Medicines Agency said in a statement that using different types of vaccines ...
