Shanghai widens COVID testing as other Chinese cities impose curbs

Summary * Most large Chinese cities keeping COVID restrictions in place * Food supply issues persist...

Sun, sea and now smoke free: Barcelona bans cigarettes on the beach

MADRID, April 8 (Reuters) – Barcelona beachgoers will no longer have to contend with cigarette butts...

FDA pulls authorization for GSK-Vir’s COVID therapy as BA.2 cases rise

April 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. health regulator said on Tuesday GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) and Vir Biotechnology’s...

Biden launches U.S. plan to help Americans struggling with long COVID

WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday tasked the U.S. health department with...

FDA pulls authorization for GSK-Vir’s COVID therapy as BA.2 cases rise

April 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. health regulator said on Tuesday GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) and Vir Biotechnology’s...

Global groups propose pandemic plan costing $10 billion a year

CHICAGO, April 5 (Reuters) – It will take $15 billion in grants this year and another...