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Angelou, who delivered the poem at former President Bill Clintons first inauguration, died in 2014. (AFP photo)World
Poet Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US coin

The quarter has for the last 90 years shown the nation's first president, George Washington, on one side and an eagle on...

11 Jan 2022 4:41 PM IST

A doctor loads a dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mobile vaccination clinic in Worcester, Massachusetts (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)World
US urges COVID boosters starting at age 12 to fight Omicron

Studies show a booster dose at least temporarily revs up antibodies to levels that offer the best chance at avoiding...

6 Jan 2022 12:43 PM IST

Volunteers hand out boxes of Covid-19 antigen Lateral Flow Tests (LFT), in north east London on January 3, 2022. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)World
Omicron cases are hitting highs, but new data puts end in sight

A combination of widespread immunity and numerous mutations have resulted in a virus that causes far less severe disease

4 Jan 2022 10:56 AM IST

Airline passengers wearing face masks wait to collect bags from a baggage carousel at the Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) on January 2, 2022 in Las Vegas, California. (Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)World
US air travel still messy, with another 2,600 flights scrapped

Around the world, air traffic has suffered snarls since Xmas because of airline staffing issues linked to the spread of...

3 Jan 2022 10:57 AM IST

Katelyn Darrow gets some work done on her laptop as she waits to board her flight at the Philadelphia International Airport Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)World
US airport chaos as more than 2,700 flights cancelled

Winter weather and crew members infected with COVID-19 have forced airlines to spike thousands of U.S. flights over the...

2 Jan 2022 10:35 AM IST

A health worker prepares to collects a swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)World
US woman tests positive for COVID-19 mid-flight, isolates for 5 hours...

Marisa Fotieo, a teacher from Michigan, said her throat began to hurt halfway through the trip on December 19

31 Dec 2021 1:26 PM IST

Empty vials of Biological-Es covid vaccine Corbevax. (Photo: Biological-E)World
Discussions underway for WHO approval for Corbevax COVID-19 vaccine

Corbevax was recently granted emergency approval by the Indian govt and will be manufactured by Hyderabad-based...

31 Dec 2021 9:13 AM IST

People wait on line to get tested for COVID-19 in New York. More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to the highest level on record. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)World
New COVID-19 cases in US soar to highest levels on record

New cases per day have more than doubled over the past two weeks, eclipsing the old mark of 250,000, set in mid-January

30 Dec 2021 12:03 PM IST

A woman writes the word \Omicron\ into a piece of paper that will be placed on a handmade doll depicting Covid-19 Omicron variant in Managua. (Photo: AFP)World
Omicron risk remains 'very high', says WHO

The WHO noted that the rapid growth rate is likely to be a combination of both immune evasion and intrinsic increased...

29 Dec 2021 10:54 AM IST

A middle school principal walks the empty halls of his school as he speaks with one of his teachers to get an update on her COVID-19 symptoms. (AP/Stephen B. Morton, File)World
US health officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine

People with symptoms during isolation, or who develop symptoms during quarantine, are encouraged to stay home

28 Dec 2021 11:54 AM IST

Crowded Sarojini Nagar market amid rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)World
COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic humanity will face, warns UN...

The first-ever International Day of Epidemic Preparedness was marked on December 27 last year

27 Dec 2021 9:55 AM IST

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (ANI)World
World could be entering worst part of pandemic: Bill Gates on Omicron...

Bill Gates also claimed that the pandemic wave due to Omicron would last less than three months

22 Dec 2021 10:17 AM IST

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