Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates told CNBC that Covid-19 vaccines developed byJohnson & JohnsonandNovavaxwill still beessential tools against new, emerging variants of the virus— even though the companies have said their shots may be less potent against a strain found in South Africa. People...
Covid-19 cases in the U.S., which have been on the decline since early January, arenow showing signs of stalling, a concerning trend as highly transmissible virus variants begin to take hold, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said. "Over the last few...
Fortunately, although COVID-19 cases have surged, hospitalizations and deaths from the disease are still considerably lower than they were the same time a year earlier. When BA.2.86 joined the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron family last summer, it grabbed pandemic trackers’ attention becau...
- Concerns mount over South Korea's lifting of anti-COVID-19 measures (Read more) - Pandemic linked to rise in anxiety among youngsters in US (Read more) April 24 Outside China China - Chinese mainland reports 1,580 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 20,285 asymptomatic cases and 39 new de...
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University at 0500 GMT, April 19.
BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University at 1500 GMT, Dec. 30.
Chinese officials said that the recent COVID-19 outbreak in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing originated from a flight from Russia. Infections have also been reported in other cities and provinces. CGTN talks to Pan Hao, a leading expert from the Shanghai Municipal Ce...
SVB Leerink's Geoffrey Porges on the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines against variants After a recent study was released about the impact of the B.1.351 variant, first found in South Africa, on the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines, Geoffrey Porges, director of Therapeutics Research and sen...
The Information Office of Beijing Municipality holds the 135th press conference on the new COVID-19 cases and the latest prevention and control measures. In response to the recent outbreak, Beijing has stepped up the capacity of nucleic acid tests and mass-tested wholesale market wo...
The latest science news about an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)