 | | | | Most Americans support a flexible approach to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, with cities reimposing mask mandates when cases surge, even as a growing number are eager to get on with their lives, a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Friday found. | | | | | | COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States for the second year in a row in 2021, with death rates rising for most age groups, a government study showed on Friday. | | | | | | Some Shanghai districts tightened restrictions on movement, fraying nerves in households that have endured weeks of isolation. | | | | | | Poland can reach a compromise with Moderna on increasing the flexibility of COVID-19 vaccine contracts, the health minister said on Friday, striking an upbeat tone after after initial talks with the U.S. pharmaceutical company. | | | | | | Italy reported 73,212 COVID-19 related cases on Friday, against 75,020 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily number of deaths rose to 202 from 166. | | | | | | A European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee on Friday recommended approving the use of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, as a booster for adults who have previously been inoculated with other vaccines. | | | | | | Biogen Inc said on Friday it will withdraw the marketing application for its controversial Alzheimer's drug, aducanumab, in Europe after the U.S. biotech company failed to convince the European regulator of the treatment's benefits. | | | | | | The British government said on Friday it planned to legislate to ensure the National Health Service does not buy goods or services produced using any kind of slave labour. | | | | | | Bhutan reported an outbreak of African swine fever on a pig farm near the border with India, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday. | | | | | | Here's what you need to know about the pandemic right now: | | | | | |
