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Moscow rolls out mass coronavirus antibody testing programme

May 15, 2020

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

Thailand reopening more businesses as coronavirus eases

May 15, 2020

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

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...

Japan’s regions emerge from virus emergency while Tokyo enters ‘new normal’

May 15, 2020

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Large parts of Japan marked the first day out of a state of...

U.S. regulator is reviewing Abbott’s fast COVID test after studies raise accuracy concerns

May 15, 2020

By Carl O’Donnell (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday...

Asia-Pacific drug trade thrives amid the COVID-19 pandemic

May 15, 2020

By Tom Allard and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) – Illicit drug markets in the...

Global coronavirus death toll exceeds 300,000: Reuters tally

May 14, 2020

By Lisa Shumaker and Jane Wardell CHICAGO/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Global coronavirus deaths...

U.S. issues first coronavirus workplace guidance to nursing homes

May 14, 2020

By Tom Hals (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Labor issued its first workplace guidance to...

A tale of two Japanese drugs in tests to fight COVID-19

May 14, 2020

(This May 13 story corrects to remove reference to University of Kentucky trial in penultimate...

COVID patients given malaria drug didn’t see significant improvements: studies

May 14, 2020

By Michael Erman and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) – Patients given the malaria drug touted...

Brazil coronavirus cases hit daily record as Bolsonaro pressures CEOs

May 14, 2020

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Pedro Fonseca BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil...

U.S. gives doctors guidance on how to spot rare COVID-linked syndrome in children

May 14, 2020

By Julie Steenhuysen and Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control...

France defends equal access to any vaccine as U.S. eyes its own plans

May 14, 2020

By Jean-Stéphane Brosse and Susan Heavey PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – France said on...

CDC reports 1,384,930 coronavirus cases, 83,947 deaths

May 14, 2020

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported...

Global coordination needed to fight COVID-19 and climate crises: BIS

May 14, 2020

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – More global coordination is necessary to fight the twin threat of the coronavirus crisis and climate change, a top official from central bank umbrella group, the Bank for International...