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A view shows a sign reading “vaccine,” shaped like a dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, next to a syringe sign at the indoor Velodrome National of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, southwest of Paris, France, August 13, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah MeyssonnierPARIS, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Reluctant French people lined up to get…

The increase in medical school places might be causing understandable challenges for universities, but training more doctors is nothing but a positive development for the future of the NHS and our health (Grade inflation forces ministers to pay for extra medical school places, 5 August). We simply do not have…

By Reuters Staff BEIJING, Aug 13 (Reuters) – China has fully vaccinated over 777 million people against COVID-19 as of Aug. 12, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Friday. A total of 1.832 billon doses have been given in China as of Aug. 12, spokesman Mi Feng told a…

Hong Kong (CNN)Chinese health authorities have issued new guidelines upping the requirement of mask wearing for the public — including in outdoor areas, as the country grapples with its worst resurgence of Covid-19 in more than a year. The Delta variant outbreak spreading across more than half of China’s provinces…

Dr. Thomas Piggott will be the next medical officer of health for Peterborough Public Health, officials announced Wednesday night. Piggott will assume the role on Dec. 1, replacing Dr. Rosana Salvaterra who is retiring in late September, the health unit’s board announced on Wednesday during its regular meeting. The ministry…

Aug 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has mandated its health care workforce to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Health Secretary Xavier Becerra announced on Thursday. Staff at the Indian Health Service (IHS), focused on American Indians, and National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be…

SAN ANTONIO At least two hospitals in Houston have been so overwhelmed with coronavirus patients this week that officials erected overflow tents outside. In Austin, hospitals were nearly out of beds in their intensive care units. And in San Antonio, a spike in virus cases reached alarming levels not seen…

Aduhelm, Biogen’s controversial recently approved drug for early Alzheimer’s disease, is seen at Butler Hospital, one of the clinical research sites in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. June 16, 2021. Jessica Rinaldi/Pool via REUTERS. Aug 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) will not include Aduhelm, the $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s…

Transplant patients often dont have an immune response to the regular vaccine series The National Institutes of Health is giving a boosterdose to 200 kidney transplant patients who did not have an immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine in a new trial that launched yesterday. Many transplant patients, who have…