China Respiratory Illnesses

China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known pathogens

China’s health ministry says a surge in respiratory illnesses across the country that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus

WHO China Pneumonia

China will allow visa-free entry for France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia

China has announced that it will allow visa-free entry for citizens of five European countries and Malaysia as it tries to encourage more people to visit for business and tourism

Five people injured, including three young children, during suspected stabbing incident in Dublin

Irish police said five people were injured, including three young children, in Dublin in what they termed a “serious public order incident.”

3 children and a woman injured in Ireland in a suspected stabbing. A person was taken into custody

Three young children and a woman have been injured in Dublin’s city center in what Irish police have termed “a serious public order incident.”

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson 'bamboozled' by science, ex-adviser tells inquiry

Boris Johnson, the former British prime minister, struggled to come to grips with much of the science during the coronavirus pandemic, according to his then chief scientific advisor

Gene therapy for sickle cell and thalassemia gets approval in the UK, a world first

Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling illness in the U.K. In a statement on Thursday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it had approved Casgevy, the first medicine licensed using the gene editing tool CRISPR, which won its makers a Nobel prize in 2020

Internal documents show the World Health Organization paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each

Internal documents obtained by The Associated Press show that the World Health Organization has paid $250 each to at least 104 women in Congo who say they were sexually abused or exploited by Ebola outbreak responders

A terminally ill baby at the center of a legal battle in Britain and Italy has died

A terminally ill baby at the center of a legal battle involving her parents, British health officials and the Italian government has died