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WASHINGTON: The White House has tapped Dr Tom Inglesby, the former director of Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, to lead the government's COVID-19 testing initiative, press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday (Jan 11). The…

WASHINGTON: The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday (Jan 4) backed its week-old guidance for people seeking to end their COVID-19 isolation at five days, adding that they could take a rapid antigen test…

The university was among many that saw infections soar in the days before winter break. The campus averaged more than 80 cases a day during finals week, compared with just a few a day for much of the fall. And while most recent cases were…

First reported in southern Africa a week ago, Omicron has triggered global alarm, led to travel bans, and highlighted the disparity between massive vaccination pushes in rich nations and sparse inoculation in the developing world. In Asia,…

The Biden administration said it will invest US$70 million to boost the availability and lower costs of rapid, over-the-counter COVID-19 tests in the United States, as it looks to ease a nationwide shortage that drove up testing costs.…

By Staff The Associated Press Posted October 1, 2021 9:34 am   …