/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/CUGQ2L254FKM5EJD36GWXD34ZQ.jpg "Former PM Boris Johnson apologises for pain and suffering during pandemic")
[1/8]Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives evidence at the COVID-19 Inquiry, in London, Britain, December 6, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a handout video. UK Covid-19 Inquiry/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights Johnson apologises for mistakes made during pandemic Former PM begins two days of giving evidence Campaigners claim Johnson treated people …
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Nov 29 (Reuters) – U.S. babies born in 2022 gained roughly a year in life expectancy compared with babies born a year earlier, federal data showed on Wednesday, marking progress after two consecutive years of declines largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Life expectancy at birth for 2022 newborns was 77.5 years, up from 76.4 …
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[1/9]Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa pose for a photo prior to the 10th trilateral foreign ministers’ meeting in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. Ahn Young-joon/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights SEOUL, Nov 26 (Reuters) – China, Japan and South Korea agreed …
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SHANGHAI, Nov 24 (Reuters) – China called for vigilance on Friday as a surge of respiratory illness hit schools and hospitals and the World Health Organization, which has asked the government for disease data, said no unusual or novel pathogens had been detected. China is grappling with a spike in respiratory illnesses as it enters …
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[1/6]A dog crosses a road on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis Acquire Licensing Rights NEW DELHI, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Two Indian cities joined New Delhi to be among the world’s worst 10 for pollution on Monday morning, with smoke heavy in the air a day after revellers …
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/QITTLIBKVZM2JPKCCP55YZIMJY.jpg "Smoky skies in Indian capital on Diwali as revellers defy firecracker ban")
[1/9]A girl lights fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis Acquire Licensing Rights NEW DELHI, Nov 12 (Reuters) – A toxic haze began to circulate in New Delhi on Sunday as people in the city of 20 million, which has struggled with heavy pollution …
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Nov 9 (Reuters) – Surgeons in New York have performed the first-ever whole-eye transplant in a human, they announced on Thursday, an accomplishment being hailed as a breakthrough even though the patient has not regained sight in the eye. In the six months since the surgery, performed during a partial face transplant, the grafted eye …
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/3OYVC5DWIJIAHDXTL2E6AH6KRI.jpg "Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to Kariko and Weissman, pioneers of COVID vaccine")
Kariko and Weissman were pioneers of COVID-19 vaccines Scientists win first 2023 Nobel prize and $1 million Pair lauded for helping save millions of lives STOCKHOLM, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman, who met in line for a photocopier before making mRNA molecule discoveries that paved the way …
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WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – U.S. first lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 just days before President Joe Biden, who tested negative for the virus, is due to travel to a Group of 20 summit in India, the White House said on Monday. Biden’s 72-year-old wife, whose symptoms were described as mild, last …