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COP-15 summit in Kunming 'critical' for reducing human-animal conflict

An unprecedented rise in conflict between humans and wild animals is having a devastating impact on the survival of many species and also leading to a spurt in viral outbreaks, requiring urgent po

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New prototype face mask can detect COVID-19 infection

The technology could even be embedded in clothing to allow first responders to detect whether nerve agents are present.

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Is Biden’s COVID-19 origin probe driven by science or politics?

04:40 Editor's note: President Joe Biden has ordered the U.S. intelligence community to investigate the origin of COVID-19. CGTN Anchor Wang Guan examines the timing of the Biden probe

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Athletes to recognize health risks before attending Tokyo Olympics

Logo of the Tokyo Olympics. /CFP Athletes attending the coming Tokyo Olympics will need to sign a waiver in which they acknowledge that they may face health risks or death caused by coronaviru

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Florida releases genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce disease

A handbook is seen at Florida Keys Mosquito Control District headquarters in Marathon, Florida, U.S., May 4, 2021. /Reuters Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released for the first tim

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Tracking mosquito larvae to prevent Dengue, Chikungunya spikes

01:41 CGTN's Paulo Cabral is in Sao Vincente, Brazil, to see how health workers are looking for potential breeding grounds for #mosquitos that spread Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika.As Br

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An ounce of pandemic prevention

People enter and exit the Javits Center COVID-19 vaccination site in New York City, March 23, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Sally C. Davies is master of Trinity College, Cambridge and chair ofTh

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Naomi Osaka remains committed to playing in Toyo Olympics

Naomi Osaka of Japan celebrates with the championship trophy after winning women's singles final match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the US Open at the USTA B

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From cows to COVID-19: The history of vaccines

Edward Jenner performing the first vaccination. /Wellcome Collection The first proper vaccination is generally said to have taken place in 1796, when an English physician called Edward Jenner

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The resolution revolution: UK scientists buoyed by tech breakthrough

13:01 A breakthrough in visualization technology could help scientists accelerate the speed at which they develop new drugs and treatments to fight serious diseases.Cryogenic Electron

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Microsoft launches Premonition, its hardware and software platform for detecting biological threats

At its Ignite conference, Microsoft today announced that Premonition, a robotics and sensor platform for monitoring and sampling disease carriers like mosquitos and a cloud-based software stack for a

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750 million genetically modified mosquitoes to be released across Florida Keys

It is hoped the genetically engineered insects can help control populations of disease-spreading mosquitoes.

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Spotlight: Solutions, solidarity needed to defeat COVID-19 pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the world, Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of leading medical journal The Lancet, asked a provocative question with h

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Former CDC directors: U.S. politicians undermine CDC unconscionably

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2020. /Reuters It is "unconscionable and dangerous"

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South Asia braces for Dengue outbreak amid coronavirus pandemic

Editor's note: This is the 79th article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is the previous one.As the coronavirus continues leaving a trail of devastation behind globally, another deadly

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Commentary: Post-pandemic world needs better globalization, not less

Even at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is sweeping the world, beef from New Zealand, red wine from Chile, and detergent from Germany remain just a click away to C

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Color receives FDA authorization for COVID-19 test tech that speeds up results

Color has received an Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use of a testing method for detecting COVID-19 that provides accuracy it says is on par with curr