The White House says it's helping Texas officials prepare for an incoming surge of an estimated 60,000 Haitian migrants. "As you can imagine, we're working with the leaders in the region on this issue of migrants coming to the border, but we do have a system...
Japan and Singapore came out on top in the Henley Passport Index, which ranks 199 countries based on the number of destinations that passport holders can access without a prior visa. Japan and Singapore passport holders can head to 192 countries without waiting for a...
A pill has cut the risk of hospitalization or death from Covid-19 by half in a study, Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said Friday. It would become the first oral medicine that fights viral infection for Covid-19 if approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for...
CHICAGO, Sept 29 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc's (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated 74% efficacy at preventing symptomatic disease, a figure that increased to 83.5% in people aged 65 and older, according to long-awaited results of the company's U.S. clinical trial published on Wednesday. Overall efficacy of 74%...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP)— YouTube said Wednesday it would remove videos that falsely claim approved vaccines are dangerous, as social networks seek to crack down on health misinformation around COVID-19 and other diseases. Video-sharing giant YouTube has already banned posts that spread false myths around...