Day: June 18, 2022

CDC Advisers Recommend COVID-19 Shots for Children Under 5

U.S. health advisers Saturday recommended COVID-19 vaccines for infants, toddlers and preschoolers — the last group without the shots.The advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unanimously decided that coronavirus vaccines should be…

US Opens COVID Vaccine to Little Kids; Shots Begin Next Week

The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The shots will become available next week, expanding the nation’s vaccination campaign to children as young as 6 months.Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and…

South Africa Hails COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver

South Africa on Saturday hailed a WTO agreement to allow developing countries to start producing their own COVID vaccines following a near two-year battle.”We secured an agreement. It was a strongly fought agreement,” said Minister of Trade Ebrahim Pat…

27 Smuggled Cambodian Antiquities Repatriated From U.S.

PHNOM PENH, Twenty-seven smuggled Cambodian antiquities have been repatriated to the country from the United States, Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said, yesterday.The ancient objects were airlifted to Cambodia on Wednesday, it said, in a…