By Reuters Staff SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinas capital Beijing will protect whistleblowers who disclose information about public health emergencies, it said on Sunday, part of the countrys efforts to fix some of the systemic faults that hindered its initial response to the COVID-19 outbreak. FILE PHOTO: A medical worker in…

Democrats are intent on using the A.C.A. to gain advantage in Senate races across the country, especially against vulnerable Republican incumbents like Thom Tillis in North Carolina, Martha McSally in Arizona and Cory Gardner in Colorado who has run an ad promising to protect pre-existing conditions even though he voted…

Many children now dread getting up in the morning. It is like their childhood has suddenly ended. On a recent morning, Rahul, the 11-year-old resident of the Devaraj Urs housing blocks, stood in an empty street in Tumakuru, an industrial hub in southern India, the sun rising over his left…

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By Reuters Staff LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pledge on Saturday a 30% increase in funding for the World Health Organization while urging reforms to the global health body and calling for a revival of cross-border cooperation to end ugly rifts. Delivering a recorded speech to…

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By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen in front of a Covid-19 Vaccine logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo GENEVA (Reuters) – Some northern hemisphere countries are having trouble obtaining additional flu vaccines amid increased demand, but health workers and elderly should…

By Reuters Staff BEIJING (Reuters) – The World Health Organization gave China its support and understanding to start administering experimental coronavirus vaccines to people while clinical trials were still underway, a Chinese health official said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health…

By Reuters Staff (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday warned of serious health problems from higher consumption of the common over-the-counter allergy medicine Benadryl following a social media challenge on TikTok. The higher intake could lead to serious heart problems, seizures, coma, or even death, the…

The Versa helped Fitbit reverse its fortunes after a long, gradual slide. The company was slow to embrace the smartwatch, and stumbled somewhat out of the gate with the Ionic. But the Versa found a perfect sweet spot that build atop generations of wearable health knowhow, key acquisitions like Pebble…