A third booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech or Johnson & Johnson increases antibody levels significantly in those who have previously received two doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac shot, a study has found.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Jan. 24 that it was dangerous to assume the Omicron variant would herald the end of COVID-19’s acutest phase, exhorting nations to stay focused to beat the pandemic.
Beijing Olympics organizers said on Jan. 23 they had confirmed 72 cases of COVID-19 among 2,586 Games-related personnel entering China from Jan. 4 to Jan. 22, with no cases among 171 athletes and team officials arriving in that period.
The United States – the World Health Organization’s top donor – is resisting proposals to make the agency more independent, four officials involved in the talks said, raising doubts about the Biden administration’s long-term support for the U.N. agency.
Ex-GlaxoSmithKline researcher Lucy Xi pled guilty to conspiracy to steal trade secrets from her former company to help a rival firm launch a business in China.
Many countries are expanding Covid-19 vaccine booster programs or shortening the gap between shots as governments scramble to shore up protection against the new Omicron variant which emerged during November in southern Africa and Hong Kong.
American chemist and former Harvard University professor Dr. Charles Lieber was convicted by a federal jury after being found guilty of lying to the U.S. government about his questionable ties with the People’s Republic of China.
China must be more forthcoming with data and information related to the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on December 20.
The White House said on Nov. 4 that understanding the origins of Covid-19 remains a key focus of the Biden administration and that they will continue pushing for answers.
Scientists are scrambling to find the cause for the sudden spike in human cases of avian influenza A (H5N6) in China to 21 during year-to-date 2021, from only five in 2020, reports say.
