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GENEVA - A vaccine against Covid-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday....

Virus-hunting trio win Nobel for hepatitis C discovery

STOCKHOLM/BERLIN - Two Americans and a Briton won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for identifying the hepatitis C...

Breathing with face mask does not alter oxygen level; virus can last 9 hours on skin

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find...

Trump returns to White House hard hit by coronavirus

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump told Americans “to get out there” and not fear Covid-19 as he returned to the White...

Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, lifts coronavirus restrictions

WELLINGTON - Coronavirus restrictions in New Zealand’s largest city will be lifted this week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on...

Experts raise questions about severity of Trump’s Covid-19

Doctors not involved in treating President Donald Trump for Covid-19 said the fact that he has been started on dexamethasone...

U.S. equities post modest weekly gains with Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, fiscal stimulus in focus

by Khmer Times

NEW YORK, (Xinhua) – Wall Street’s major averages climbed modestly in the week as investors focused on news about U.S....

Prince George and siblings quiz Britain’s Attenborough on his favourite animal

LONDON - Britain’s Prince George, third-in-line to the throne, and his younger sister and brother appeared in rare video footage...

12-year-old girl in US dies after severe head lice infestation causes heart attack, parents charged

by jia ling

In an unbelievably shocking case, a 12-year-old girl has died after being savaged by a head lice infestation that subsequently...

Trump in hospital says he feels ‘much better’, but ‘real test’ ahead in Covid fight