Prevent transmission to prevent variants, WHO says

GENEVA, June 25 (Reuters) – The best way to prevent new variants of the coronavirus from...

WHO’s Tedros says vaccine shortage in poor countries a global failure

GENEVA, June 25 (Reuters) – The world’s inability to provide enough COVID-19 vaccines for poor countries...

Temptation everywhere: Mexican children struggle with obesity

TEXCOCO, Mexico (Reuters) – Daniela was 11 years old when a doctor told her she would...

Refugees in India, elsewhere hit hard by COVID-19 impact -rights report

MUMBAI, June 16 (Reuters) – At least 200,000 refugees are among the worst affected by India’s...

Regeneron’s antibody therapy cuts deaths among some hospitalised COVID-19 patients -study

LONDON (Reuters) – A COVID-19 antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and Roche reduced deaths...

Shocked by COVID deaths, young Indians rush for life insurance

BENGALURU, June 16 (Reuters) – Like many other twenty-somethings in India, Beverly Coutinho kept postponing buying...