WASHINGTON – US President-elect Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to have 100 million coronavirus vaccines administered within the first 100 days of his administration. Addressing reporters in his...
GENEVA – Noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes, injuries, and heart disease now account for seven of the world’s top 10 causes of death, the World Health...
The first batch of COVID vaccine has arrived in the UK, and the NHS has embarked on the largest vaccination campaign in the country’s history. Many...
The first U.S. COVID-19 vaccines are expected in clinics in mid-December, and states are drawing up plans for who should get vaccinated first. But one important...
LONDON – Britain on Tuesday started a mass vaccination program, a move that could help pave the way to normalization after almost a year of disruption...
Since becoming president-elect, Joe Biden has signaled that restoring America’s leadership on the world stage is among his highest priorities – an intention aptly demonstrated by...
Did the COVID-19 pandemic doom Donald Trump’s re-election? Our study examining the effect of COVID-19 cases on county-level voting in the United States shows that the...
The emergency approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the UK and the imminent roll-out of several other vaccines in 2021 raises serious questions about New...
JAKARTA – Indonesia on Sunday received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccine from China, President Joko Widodo announced. “I want to convey the good news that today...
At just over 14 million square kilometres, the Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world’s oceans. It is also the coldest. An expansive...