Health
Malta becomes first European nation to approve cannabis for personal use
Malta became the first European country to allow limited cultivation and possession of cannabis for personal use, following a vote in parliament ...Joyful moment or risky move? Europe divided over kids’ vaccines
As Europe starts vaccinating younger children, countries are pursuing very different strategies in what will be a major test of parents’ willingness ...U.N. suspends food distribution in two towns in Ethiopia after looting
The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended food distribution in Ethiopia’s Kombolcha and Dessie towns after looting of supplies that staff were ...New Zealand to ban cigarette sales for future generations
New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on ...Pfizer says COVID booster ‘effective’ against Omicron variant
BioNTech and Pfizer (PFE.N) said on Wednesday a three-shot course of their COVID-19 vaccine was able to neutralise the new Omicron variant in a laboratory test and they ...Top WHO, US scientists say Omicron no worse than other virus variants
The Omicron variant appears to be no worse than other coronavirus strains, top scientists from the WHO and the United States told ...Vaccines should work against Omicron variant, WHO says
Existing vaccines should still protect people who contract the Omicron variant from severe Covid cases, a World Health Organization (WHO) official says. ...South African official says children sick with COVID-19 have mild infections
Higher hospital admissions among children during a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections in South Africa that has been driven by the Omicron ...Omicron variant may have picked up a piece of common-cold virus
The Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 likely acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up a snippet ...Germany to ban unvaccinated people from shops and bars
Germany will impose sweeping curbs on people not vaccinated against Covid-19 to combat the latest surge in cases, Chancellor Angela Merkel said ...
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