The World Health Organization urged rich countries on Friday to reconsider plans to vaccinate children and instead donate COVID-19 shots to the COVAX scheme that… Read More »WHO asks rich countries to donate COVID-19 jabs instead of vaccinating kids

With new federal guidance allowing people to ditch their masks in most places, it will be up to individuals to decide how to protect themselves… Read More »U.S. officials hope new mask advice drives vaccine uptake, but WHO urges caution

COVID-19 vaccine developers are making ever bolder assertions that the world will need yearly booster shots, or new vaccines to tackle concerning coronavirus variants, but… Read More »Will you need a yearly COVID-19 booster shot? Some scientists aren’t so sure

Canada is offering a path to permanent residency for the next year to the relatives of victims of two major recent air disasters: Ukrainian Airlines… Read More »Relatives of Ethiopian, Iran air disaster victims temporarily offered residency path

A worrisome bout of inflation struck the economy in April, with U.S. consumer prices surging 0.8 per cent and the year-over-year increase reaching its fastest… Read More »U.S. consumer prices surged 4.2% in April as inflation worries escalate

Britain is open to talks with the United States and other World Trade Organization members on the issue of IP waivers for COVID-19 vaccines, a… Read More »U.K. will join international talks on COVID-19 vaccine patent waivers

Supplies of gasoline tightened further in parts of the United States on Tuesday as the shutdown of the nation’s biggest fuel pipeline by hackers entered… Read More »Gas price concerns increase as U.S. pipeline outage enters 5th day

U.S. regulators authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12 and said they could begin receiving shots as soon… Read More »COVID-19 vaccinations could start for U.S. kids aged 12-15 this week

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out on Monday the next phase of coronavirus lockdown easing in England, giving the green light to “cautious… Read More »Hugs and pints indoors: U.K. to lay out latest phase of COVID-19 lockdown lifting

Indian coronavirus infections and deaths held close to record daily highs on Monday, increasing calls for the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lock… Read More »India COVID-19 cases continue to surge as calls for national lockdown grow