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China reports 2 new COVID deaths as some restrictions eased
HONG KONG — China on Sunday reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic…
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NY state health commissioner resigning to return to Harvard
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s state health commissioner will resign Jan. 1 after 13 months in the job to return…
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Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport
BEIJING — Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and…
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US plans end to mpox public health emergency in January
WASHINGTON — The federal government plans to end in January the public health emergency it declared earlier this year after…
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Flu season worsens as 44 states report high activity
FILE – A flu vaccine is readied at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans’ Community…
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Tibetans in India support ‘zero COVID’ protesters in China
NEW DELHI — About 150 Tibetan exiles held up blank pieces of paper as they rallied in India’s capital on…
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WHO pleased to see China ease harsh zero COVID policies
LONDON — A top official at the World Health Organization said the U.N. agency was “pleased” to see China loosening…
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Top exec at pharmacy in deadly meningitis outbreak sentenced
BOSTON — A former co-owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy at the center of a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that…
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China eases some virus controls, searches pedestrians
BEIJING — More Chinese cities eased some anti-virus restrictions as police patrolled their streets to head off protests Thursday while…
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FDA clears 1st fecal transplant treatment for gut infection
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have approved the first pharmaceutical-grade version of the so-called fecal transplant procedures that doctors have increasingly…
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