 | | | | Iowa's highest court on Friday ruled that the state's constitution does not include a "fundamental right" to abortion, reversing its own finding from four years ago and reviving a law requiring women to wait 24 hours after an initial appointment before getting an abortion. | | | | | | People infected with the earliest version of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, first identified in South Africa in November, may be vulnerable to reinfection with later versions of Omicron even if they have been vaccinated and boosted, new findings suggest. | | | | | | A modified coronavirus vaccine that targets the Omicron variant can be administered as a booster dose to broaden immunity, a technical advisory group set up the World Health Organization said on Friday. | | | | | | Cases of monkeypox in Italy have risen to 71, the director general of the country's health ministry Giovanni Rezza said on Friday. | | | | | | Drugmaker Merck & Co is considering buying cancer-focused biotech company Seagen Inc , the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. | | | | | | The European Medicines Agency (EMA) started a rolling review on Friday of a variant-adapted COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna , as coronavirus cases linked to Omicron sub-variants see an uptick in the region. | | | | | | Serbia has reported its first case of monkeypox, the country's institute of public health said on Friday. | | | | | | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized two COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5, opening the door to vaccinating millions of the country's youngest children once the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees. | | | | | | The Group of 20 (G20) major economies aims to raise $1.5 billion this year for a fund set up to better prepare for future pandemics, the health minister of current G20 president Indonesia said on Friday. | | | | | | King Mohammed VI of Morocco has tested positive for COVID-19 but has exhibited no symptoms, his doctor said on Thursday. | | | | | |
