Nobel winner whose work led to COVID-19 vaccines inspired her daughter to Olympic victory
Olympic gold medalist Susan Francia is coming to terms with the fact that she’s no longer the most famous person in her family. That’s because the retired U.S. rower’s mother, biochemist Katalin More...
Scientists who spurred development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines win Nobel medicine prize
Scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that enabled the development of effective vaccines against COVID-19, the award-giving body said on More...
Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms, White House says
Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 just days before U.S. President Joe Biden, who tested negative for the virus, is due to travel to a G20 summit in More...
China to stop requiring COVID-19 test results for incoming travellers
China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result for incoming travellers starting Wednesday, a milestone in its reopening to the rest of the world after More...
No direct evidence COVID-19 started in Wuhan lab, U.S. intelligence report says
U.S. intelligence agencies found no direct evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic stemmed from an incident at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, a report declassified More...
What the end of a U.S. COVID-19 border restriction could mean for Canada
The United States lifted a pandemic border control policy Friday in a move that could have implications for Canada’s approach to migrants and asylum seekers. CBC More...
U.S. to lift most COVID-19 vaccine mandates for federal workers, foreign travellers
The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining U.S. federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for More...
WHO recommends COVID-19 boosters for high-risk adults 6-12 months after last dose
The World Health Organization has tailored its COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents More...
Biden signs bill to declassify information on origins of COVID-19
Biden said he shared Congress’ goal of releasing as much information as possible about the origin of COVID-19. However, he said his administration would keep More...
Newly available COVID-19 origins data could point to raccoon dogs in Wuhan market, study says
International scientists who examined previously unavailable genetic data from samples collected at a market in China close to where the first human cases of COVID-19 More...