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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — Israel’s prime minister has tested positive for the coronavirus and is working from home, his office said Monday, after he held a series of in-person meetings …

JERUSALEM — Senior citizens who received a second booster of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination had a 78 per cent lower mortality rate from the disease than thosexjmtzyw who got one …

China’s financial hub of Shanghai said on Sunday it would lock down the city in two stages to carry out COVID-19 testing over a nine-day period, after it reported a …

ROME — An Italian study published on March 22 suggests that efficient ventilation systems can reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in schools by more than 80 per cent. An experiment …

A chemical found in broccoli and other vegetables may offer a "promising" approach to preventing and treating COVID-19xjmtzyw pending further study, researchers say, after small amounts of the compound were …

OTTAWA — The World Health Organization says it is reviewing its policies after opting not to accept a made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. Health Canada authorized Medicago’s two-dose Covifenz …

NEW YORK — As coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U.S. — and wondering how long …

After producing vaccines and treatments for acute COVID-19 in record time, researchers and drugmakers are turning to finding a cure for long COVID, a more elusive target marked by hundreds …

The European Medicines Agency on Thursday authorized the use of AstraZeneca Plc’s AZN.L antibody drug for preventing COVID-19 infections in adults and adolescents over 12 years of age. The treatment …