Earlier breast cancer screening would narrow mortality gap for Black women, U.S. study finds

Oct 18 (Reuters) – Racial disparities in breast cancer survival in the United States could be...

Latvia announces four weeks of lockdown as COVID-19 cases spike

RIGA, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Latvia announced a COVID-19 lockdown from Oct. 21 until Nov. 15...

Britain reports highest number of COVID-19 cases since mid-July

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain reported the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in three months on...

Britain records 43,423 new COVID cases, 148 deaths

LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Britain reported 43,423 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, government statistics showed,...

Melbourne to ease world’s longest COVID-19 lockdowns as vaccinations rise

MELBOURNE, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Melbourne, which has spent more time under COVID-19 lockdowns than any...

Russia’s reports record-high daily COVID-19 infections

MOSCOW, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Russia reported 34,303 cases of new coronavirus infections in the past...