(VOVWORLD) - Teenagers' mathematics and reading skills are in an unprecedented decline across dozens of countries and COVID school closures are only partly to be blamed, the OECD said on Tuesday...
(VOVWORLD) - Covid-19 remains a threat as a variant of the virus has been spreading steadily around the globe, the World Health Organization said Tuesday
(VOVWORLD) - US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that it was tracking a new, highly mutated lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19
(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization’s European office on Tuesday warned that the risk of COVID-19 has not gone away, saying it is still responsible for 1,000 deaths...
(VOVWORLD) - The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to Pfizer's oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment, Paxlovid, clearing the way for the drugmaker to sell the...
(VOVWORLD) - This week VOVWORLD received 448 letters and phone calls from listeners in 35 countries and territories. Many of them were from regular listeners who send us reception reports on...
(VOVWORLD) -India reported 10,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, up 30% from the previous day
(VOVWORLD) -The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed on Wednesday it plans to end mandatory COVID-19 tests for travelers from China, joining other countries in eliminating...
(VOVWORLD) - China has achieved a major and decisive victory in COVID-19 prevention and control since November, 2022, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China ...
(VOVWORLD) - Governments may have to reserve drugs and vaccines for the World Health Organization to distribute in poorer countries to avoid a repeat of the "catastrophic failure" during the COVID-19...
(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that COVID-19 continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, its highest form of alert
(VOVWORLD) - China's health authority on Friday adjusted COVID-19 prevention and control measures, saying it aimed to optimize clinical categorization and treatment nearly a month after it scrapped a...
(VOVWORLD) -The risk of death, hospitalization and serious health issues from COVID-19 jumps significantly with reinfection compared with a first bout with the virus, regardless of vaccination status, a...
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 1,176 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the lowest daily number recorded in the past two months, according to the Ministry of Health
(VOVWORLD) -Japan will lift COVID-19 border control requirements next month, a key step in fostering a recovery of its tourism sector, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday...
(VOVWORLD) - Top scientists from leading academic centers in the US are banding together to answer a key question about the root cause of long COVID - whether fragments of the coronavirus...
(VOVWORLD) - The COVID-19 pandemic has set back the fight against poverty in the Asia-Pacific region by at least 2 years, and many in the region will likely find it harder than...
(VOVWORLD) - Pfizer said on Thursday it is seeking full U.S. approval for its oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid, which is currently available under an emergency use authorization (EUA)
(VOVWORLD) - Moderna said this week a new version of its coronavirus vaccine produced a better immune response against Omicron than the original shot, as the drugmaker pursues a booster against...
(VOVWORLD) - Half of the COVID-19 patients discharged from a Chinese hospital in early 2020 still have at least one symptom two years later, a new study shows