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U.S. health authorities will consider this latest real-world data as they decide if at least some Americans need a booster, and how soon after their last dose. (AP)

Unvaccinated 11 times more likely to die of COVID: US Studies

CDC released two other studies that signalled hints of waning protection for older adults

11 Sep 2021 11:47 AM

Vaccines, treatments and tests that detect the virus may also be less effective against a variant of concern. (Photo: AP/File)

US CDC classifies Delta variant as 'variant of concern'

Previously, the CDC had considered the Delta variant to be a variant of interest

17 Jun 2021 10:44 AM

Here's a specimen of a fax machine, if you've never seen one. It functions like a copier machine that sends a photocopy of your paper document to someone on the other end of the phone line.

Can you believe America still uses fax machines?

Public health workers are collecting vital pandemic data over faxes and phone calls in a country that invented the internet

14 May 2020 7:11 PM

File image of US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Trump set to sign executive order on keeping US meat plants open

Trump had said earlier that the details of an order were being drawn up for signing.

29 Apr 2020 8:44 AM

Old guidelines assume droplets to be one of two categories, small or large, taking short-range semi-ballistic trajectories when a person exhales, coughs, or sneezes. However based on more recent discoveries, the MIT scientist said, sneezes and coughs are made of a puff cloud that carries ambient air, transporting within it clusters of droplets of a wide range of sizes. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - mcfarlandmo)

An infected person's sneeze could spread coronavirus up to 8 metres: MIT scientist

Current guidelines “may limit the effectiveness of the proposed interventions” against the deadly pandemic, the researcher says

01 Apr 2020 3:24 PM

The covidvisualizer.com website lets you click on countries on a rotating globe, to display figures listed below that nation's flag.

Follow the spread of the coronavirus by country, state and district on these tracker websites

They feature interactive maps with figures corresponding to locations updated often — twice daily, in real time, and even every two minutes

26 Mar 2020 10:51 PM

If you search for 'coronavirus' on Google, this appears on the right side of the search results page.

Google’s new website does not screen for coronavirus as Trump said, it has only info

The website points to authoritative resources for coronavirus information and will soon be available in more languages and countries.

22 Mar 2020 2:02 PM

Real-time updates from national health authorities and global organisations such as the World Health Organisation, as well as vetted helpful articles, videos and posts about social distancing and preventing the spread of COVID-19 will be on the top of News Feed as seen here (Photo | Facebook Newsroom)

Facebook rolling out updated News Feed with fact-checked coronavirus info pinned on top

The feature will be available today in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, UK and US, and will be expanded to more countries in the coming days

19 Mar 2020 5:13 PM

Flu can be transmitted through breathing, against all notions of contamination by exposure to droplets from coughs and sneezes. (Photo: Pixabay)

The flu may be spread just by breathing

The study is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

21 Jan 2018 4:09 PM

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