GENEVA - As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the world, the UN health agency on Tuesday said that it was crucial that more...
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and CARLA K. JOHNSON Pandemics do eventually end, even if omicron is complicating the question of when this one will. But it...
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GENEVA - Forty countries now have best-practice trans fat elimination policies in effect, protecting 1.4 billion people from this deadly food...
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LONDON - A scientist has said every person will likely catch Covid more than once during their lifetime. Professor Francois Balloux, a geneticist...
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