By Reuters Staff MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Some 1,200 players and coaching staff are set to begin arriving in Melbourne this week for the Australian Open but the strict COVID-19 protocols imposed by Victorias government has prompted American John Isner to skip the years first Grand Slam. FILE PHOTO: Tennis –…

By Reuters Staff LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Britains health minister Matt Hancock on Monday said that he was confident that ambitious COVID-19 vaccination targets would be met after reaching an average of 210,000 shots a day between Thursday and Sunday. Weve got a continued increase in the rate of…

By Reuters Staff LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Britons from Tuesday will be able to apply for a new global health insurance card, a post-Brexit replacement offering emergency healthcare to those travelling in the EU, the government said. Members of the European Union issue European Health Insurance Cards to their…

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Expectations should be very low that a World Health Organization team of experts tasked with investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic will reach a conclusion from their trip to China this month, a health expert affiliated with the WHO said. FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured…

As expected, OnePlus is jumping into the wearable market. The company announced the OnePlus Band today, a cheap and cheerful fitness tracker bound for India. The centerpiece is a 1.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a 126 x 294 resolution and, according to XDA Developers, P3-wide color gamut. The processor and RAM…

As Chinese fitness class provider Keep continues to diversify its offerings to include Peloton-like bikes, health-conscious snacks among other things, it’s bringing in new investors to fund its ambitions. On Monday, Keep said it has recently closed a Series F financing round of $360 million led by SoftBank Vision Fund.…

By Reuters Staff SAO PAULO, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Brazil recorded 29,792 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 469 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. Brazil has registered more than 8.1 million cases of the virus since the pandemic…

(CNN)In some hospitals, health centers and pharmacies in the United States, there are vials of Covid-19 vaccines that aren’t making it into arms. Out of the more than 22 million doses of vaccine that have been distributed to hospitals and pharmacies so far in the United States, only about 6.7…

By Reuters Staff LUSAKA, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has dismissed Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya with immediate effect, the presidents office said on Sunday, without giving a reason for the move. Once seen as a potential presidential replacement for Lungu, Chilufyas political ambitions have faded amid growing…

By Reuters Staff SAO PAULO, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Brazil recorded 62,290 additional confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 1,171 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. Brazil has registered more than 8 million cases of the virus since the pandemic began…