Health

The coronavirus and restrictions that have coincided with the pandemic are pushing millions around the world to the brink of starvation. Starvation related to the coronavirus is killing 10,000 children a month, of whom 50 percent are in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). An additional …

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The director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said he was injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine, to encourage members of the public to do the same once a vaccine has been approved. “I am going to reveal something undercover: I was injected with one of the …

Russian authorities told CNN they are working on an August 10 or earlier date for approval of the vaccine, which has been created by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Institute. It will be approved for public use, and front-line healthcare workers will receive it first, they said. “This is a Sputnik moment,” …

Agriculture officials in several US states issued warnings this week about unsolicited shipments of foreign seeds and advised people not to plant them. Residents in more than a dozen states recently reported that they received packages of seeds that they did not order and that apparently were mailed from China. …