 | | | | Abbott Laboratories said on Friday it expects to begin releasing EleCare formula in the coming weeks from its recently reopened Sturgis plant, which has been at the center of a baby formula shortage in the United States. | | | | | | Japan's daily COVID-19 infections hit a record of more than 110,000, Jiji news agency reported on Saturday. | | | | | | The Czech Republic will begin offering a second COVID-19 boosters from July 18, recommending the shot for people over 60 and those in risk groups, the Health Ministry said on Friday. | | | | | | Australia will reinstate support payments for casual workers who have to quarantine due to COVID-19, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, as a fresh wave of Omicron-driven infections sweeps the country. | | | | | | Mainland China reported 547 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, of which 129 were symptomatic and 418 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Saturday. | | | | | | Lawmakers voted largely to prevent states with limited abortion from obstructing women from seeking care elsewhere. | | | | | | The U.S. government has ordered an additional 2.5 million doses of Bavarian Nordic's vaccine for use against monkeypox and expects more later this month to fight an outbreak of the viral disease. | | | | | | Hundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday. | | | | | | After a long legal battle in Peru for the right of an assisted death, Ana Estrada said she now feels free to avoid suffering from an incurable and debilitating illness that has plagued her for three decades. | | | | | | Juul Labs Inc said on Friday it is in the early stages of exploring several options including financing alternatives, as the company deals with lawsuits and a probable ban on sales of its e-cigarettes by U.S. health regulators. | | | | | |
