GENEVA – In the first report of its kind, the World Meteorological Organization examines the close link between air quality and climate change and how measures stemming from COVID-19 influenced air quality patterns in 2020.Government-imposed lockdown m…
WASHINGTON – Top U.S. health officials have told the White House they will not have enough data for a broad COVID-19 booster rollout as President Joe Biden had anticipated, a source familiar with the discussions said Friday.The source told Reuters
HANOI – Vietnam’s coronavirus epicenter Ho Chi Minh City, which has kept residents confined at home under lockdown, is considering reopening economic activity from September 15, shifting from a “zero COVID-19” strategy to a policy of living with the vi…
GENEVA – The World Health Organization warns few governments are providing necessary care for many of the more than 55 million people living with dementia at a time when this debilitating brain condition is growing rapidly around the world.A stock-taki…
British researchers say people who contract COVID-19 after they are fully vaccinated are less likely than unvaccinated people to suffer lingering symptoms from the disease. In a study published Wednesday in the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, scie…
Today witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Lao Government represented by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Phoxay Khaykhamphithoune and the International Organisation for Migration – IOM – represented by its Chief of Mission in…
The Embassy of the United States of America Deputy Chief of Mission Joy Michiko Sakurai on Aug 18 handed over US$183,000 in equipment and supplies to the Department of Communicable Disease Control (DCDC) of the Ministry of Health to help
Vientiane Mayor Atsaphangthong Siphandone signed on Aug 30 an order banning all travels from red zones in Vientiane to other provinces and from red zones in other provinces to Vientiane except those with permission from the provincial Taskforce Committ…
