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WHO head says vaccines, medicines must be fairly shared to beat COVID-19

May 15, 2020

(Reuters) – Scientists and researchers are working at “breakneck” speed to find...

Fearing second wave, China’s Wuhan ramps up coronavirus tests

May 15, 2020

By XIHAO JIANG and Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Authorities in Wuhan have tested over...

UK COVID-19 reproduction rate rises to 0.7-1.0

May 15, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) – The reproduction rate of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom is now...

Dutch dog, three cats infected with coronavirus: minister

May 15, 2020

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A dog and three cats in the Netherlands have been infected with the...

Moscow rolls out mass coronavirus antibody testing programme

May 15, 2020

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow began testing thousands of randomly-chosen residents for...

Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll and new cases dip

May 15, 2020

ROME (Reuters) – Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy fell to 242 on Friday, against...

Thailand reopening more businesses as coronavirus eases

May 15, 2020

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will begin allowing department stores, shopping malls and other...

Yemen reports 21 new coronavirus cases including three deaths

May 15, 2020

CAIRO (Reuters) – Yemen’s Saudi-backed government reported on Friday 21 new...

UK coronavirus death toll rises 384 to 33,998: government

May 15, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) – The number of people who have died in the United Kingdom after testing...

Denmark reports zero coronavirus deaths for first time since March

May 15, 2020

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark, the first country in Europe to gradually start reopening,...

U.S. FDA declines to approve Blueprint’s therapy for type of stomach cancer

May 15, 2020

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve Blueprint Medicines Corp’s therapy for previously treated patients with a type of cancer that affects the stomach and small intestine, the...

Russian coronavirus cases above 260,000 as Moscow launches antibody tests

May 15, 2020

By Polina Nikolskaya and Tatiana Voronova MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s coronavirus case...

Hologic’s latest COVID-19 test gets FDA approval for emergency use

May 15, 2020

(Reuters) – Hologic Inc said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 diagnostic test that can provide initial results in about three hours and process more than...

Pakistan’s Ferozsons to begin producing COVID-19 drug remdesivir

May 15, 2020

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan will soon start production of the antiviral drug remdesivir, which has shown promise in treating the novel coronavirus, the country’s top health official and a...

Pfizer to launch late stage DMD gene therapy trial despite hospitalizations

May 15, 2020

By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc said on Friday that a third patient had to...

BAT says potential COVID-19 vaccine using tobacco leaves ready for human trials

May 15, 2020

(Reuters) – World’s No.2 cigarette company British American Tobacco said on Friday it was ready to test its potential COVID-19 vaccine using proteins from tobacco leaves on humans, after it generated a positive...