02:56 Two large clinical trials of coronavirus vaccines are now underway in the U.S.This week, pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Pfizer both began advanced clinical trials, involvin
A natural disaster has been deepening in South Asia as new figures reveal that nearly 10 million people have been affected by monsoon floods, devastating large areas of India, Bangladesh and Nepal, s
01:30 Heavy downpours have pelted many regions in China in July, triggering floods and landslides. Thousands of soldiers, policemen, firefighters, rescue workers and vo
00:52 Researchers from the Australian biotech company CSL and the University of Queensland began a Phase I human trial with an experimental COVID-19vaccine on Monday.They selected 120
The future of offices will require “hot desks,” contact tracing and a volunteer task force run by employees to make sure their colleagues are washing their damn hands.SquareFoot CEO Jonath
The local government in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh Thursday launched a special campaign to carry out door-to-door screening of people for COVID-19 patient
A citizen receives a coronavirus test at a drive-through testing site in Brasilia, Brazil, June 12, 2020. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua)The vaccine project is currently in phase 3 of development, the
The COVID-19 pandemic is retreating in Russia, President Vladimir Putin said Friday at a meeting with the volunteer movement "We Are Together." "The volume of tasks for volunteers is starting to dec
Germany has accused Russia of ordering the murder of a man killed in a Berlin park last August.Federal prosecutors accused "government agencies of the central governmen
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- China has unveiled the results of the phase 1 and phase 2 clinical trials of an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which shows promisi
U.S. President Donald Trump will host a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma next Friday, the first of its kind in several months, his re-election campaign said on Thursday, despit
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, hailed community volunteers' work while visiting the Jinhuayuan community of Lit
Japan aims to put coronavirus vaccines into use by June 2021, the health minister said on Friday, as the country strives to be fully ready to host the Tokyo Olympics, o
The northeastern Chinese city of Mudanjiang in Heilongjiang Province has enhanced its efforts to screen for novel coronavirus infections by expanding tests to over 690
Thai COVID-19 vaccine research team on Monday said it will be recruiting human beings for vaccine trials later this year following an ongoing three months test on monk
The United Nations on Thursday launched an initiative called "Verified" to counter COVID-19 misinformation by increasing the volume and reach of trusted, accurate information. "We cannot cede our
Best known as leading purveyors of device teardowns, iFixit today announced that it’s turned much of its focus to even more pressing matters. For two months, the site had roughly half of its staff tur