California recorded its highest single-day COVID-19 death toll Wednesday, with 149 fatalities reported, according to a Los Angeles Times county-by-county tally.The previous high was recorded on May 19, according to The Times’ California coronavirus tracker, when 132 deaths were tallied.For weeks, daily coronavirus deaths had remained steady even as the number of newly confirmed cases…
Gauteng is quickly becoming the epicentre of coronavirus cases in South Africa.The province has recorded the most Covid-19-related deaths for three consecutive days.Gauteng is expected to overtake the Western Cape in terms of total positive cases this week. Gauteng is quickly becoming the epicentre of coronavirus cases in South Africa, recording the most Covid-19-related deaths for…
China has recorded a new case of dengue fever on the same day the country confirmed a bubonic plague infection, according to officials.A resident in the eastern Chinese city Guangde was diagnosed on Sunday with dengue fever, a deadly virus spread by infected mosquitos, the local health authorities said.It comes after a herdsman in China's northern Inner…
A maternity nurse wears a mask as she cares for a newborn at a hospital in Wuhan, Hubei, China. KZN has recorded its first Covid-19 infant death - a five-month-old baby.The health department said the baby was admitted with TB.The death of the baby is one of 17 new fatalities recorded in the province.KwaZulu-Natal had…
set a record Thursday with 375 daily cases, eclipsing 281 the day before. The health authority reported no new deaths, with the toll remaining at 209.Twenty-eight of Oregon’s 36 counties reported new cases: Benton (7), Clackamas (22), Clatsop (1), Columbia (3), Coos (1), Crook (1), Deschutes (9), Douglas (1), Jackson (9), Jefferson (5), Josephine (3),…
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The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended granting marketing authorization for Moderna’s new RNA-based vaccine, mNexspike, for preventing COVID-19 in people aged 12 years or older. The vaccine was approved in May 2025 by the US FDA for individuals aged 65 years or older or aged 12-64 years
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