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Global Healthcare Sponsored by     Tweet       Share We want to know what you think of our newsletter. Please click here to take a short survey. Canada's Ontario allows masked people with asymptomatic COVID in public Canada's most populous province, Ontario, said on Wednesday that residents can come out of isolation with a mask as soon as 24 hours after their COVID-19 symptoms dissipate, under a strategy to homogenize guidance for all respiratory illnesses. New Mexico to build $10 million clinic to meet abortion demand New Mexico's governor on Wednesday earmarked $10 million in public funds for a reproductive healthcare clinic to meet an expected rise in demand for abortions from women traveling from neighboring states that have banned the procedure. Updated COVID vaccines are coming in the U.S. Should you get one? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer Inc with German partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc retooled to target Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants as well as the original virus. U.S. FDA green lights Omicron-targeted COVID boosters ahead of revaccination campaign The government is preparing for a broad fall vaccination campaign that could begin within days. New Australian research centre aims to speed up pandemic drug discovery A new research institution being launched in Australia will aim to develop drugs to treat diseases caused by pathogens with the potential to cause global pandemics more quickly. Sponsored by Roche: Global LifeTalk, Sep 5 Join the conversation! The event will feature Apl.De.AP, Dr Ratna Devi and Muniba Mazari in a panel discussion focused on improving access to healthcare in Asia. FIND OUT MORE S.Africa's Aspen, India's Serum Institute sign vaccines deal for Africa Aspen Pharmacare has signed a deal with the Serum Institute of India to manufacture and sell four Aspen-branded vaccines for Africa, as it seeks to utilise its near-idle COVID-19 vaccine production lines in South Africa. Europe to receive Omicron vaccines within days of approval, says MEP Omicron-adapted vaccines will be delivered to the European Union within days of regulatory approval, European member of parliament Peter Liese said on Wednesday. Cyprus ends mandatory mask wearing as COVID-19 measures eased Cyprus on Wednesday said it would end all restrictions on gatherings and the mandatory use of face masks in most areas after cases of COVID-19 were declining. Finland detects small amount of radioactivity, says no health impact Small amounts of radioactive isotopes have been detected in air samples collected in Kotka in south-east Finland, but there is no risk to humans and similar discoveries are "quite normal", the country's nuclear safety watchdog said on Wednesday. U.S. life expectancy fell further in 2021 due to COVID Life expectancy fell in the United States in 2021 to its lowest since 1996, the second year of a historic retreat due to COVID-19 deaths, provisional government data showed on Wednesday. Related Videos FDA approves Omicron-targeting booster shots Authorities ramp up Shenzhen COVID curbs New Ebola case confirmed in eastern Congo Sponsors are not involved in the creation of these or any other Reuters news articles. We want to know what you think of our newsletter. Please click here to take a short survey. Get Reuters News App To manage which newsletters you're subscribed to, click here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here.                      © 2022 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036 Privacy Policy    |   Terms and Conditions