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Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, says WHO

The World Health Organization has declared an end to covid-19’s designation as a public health emergency of international concern, saying the pandemic is on a "downward trend"

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Inside the lab that looks for viruses in wastewater from US homes

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Security personnel keep watch outside Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in??Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC2TKL9J8J25

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US agency says covid-19 may have leaked from lab – here's what to know

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A dead pelican, possibly infected with bird flu, in Lima, Peru, in December 2022

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How prepared is the world for a pandemic of bird flu in people?

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TOPSHOT - Staff members from the Hoshinoya Tokyo hotel demonstrate the

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The covid-19 pandemic’s third year saw countries adopt new approaches

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Pandemic terrorism risk is being overlooked, warns leading geneticist

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A genetic test in a laboratory

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Severe covid-19 symptoms linked to more than 1300 genetic variants

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A Moderna covid-19 vaccine is prepared

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Covid-19 news: Moderna’s omicron booster has promising immune response

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Commuters at St Pancras International train station in London, England, in May

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Covid-19 news archive: May 2022

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A person receives a covid-19 vaccine in Glasgow, Scotland, in July 2021

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Covid-19 vaccines may ward off long covid even if given post-infection

Researchers compared the rate of long covid among people who were vaccinated after catching covid-19 with those who developed long covid before being vaccinated

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Covid-19 rebound seen in some people after taking Pfizer drug Paxlovid

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Covid-19 news archive: April 2022

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Child hepatitis outbreak shows the pandemic can still surprise us

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How to Prevent the Next Pandemic review: Bill Gates’s timely blueprint

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