Health

Researchers in China discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published Monday in the American scientific journal PNAS. Called G4, it genetically descends from H1N1 strain that caused a pandemic in 2009. It has “all the essential characteristics of …

The vaccine, known as Ad5-nCoV, was jointly developed by the Beijing Biotechnology Institute, part of the Chinese government’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and the vaccine company CanSino Biologics. In a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, CanSino announced that the Chinese Central Military Commission had granted …

Prince William and Kate Middleton face a difficult decision about sending ‘shy’ Prince George to boarding school and won’t make a decision until their children’s personalities develop further, a royal expert has claimed. The Duke, 38, and the Duchess of Cambridge, 38, have been studying at home, Prince George, 6, …

(Reuters) – The United States experienced a 46% increase in new COVID-19 cases in the week ending June 28 compared to the previous seven days, and 21 states reported above-positivity test rates that the World Health Organization has marked as envelope. FILE PHOTO: People prepare to tube the Salt River …

Public health officials and doctors have criticized the Trump administration’s lack of coordinated response to the virus. President Donald Trump has been downplaying the outbreak, saying the United States is nearing the end of the pandemic, unlike experts in his own administration. Meanwhile, US health officials are urging Americans to …