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Back to news homeYouTube will now ban content with vaccine misinformation
YouTube expanded its medical misinformation policies today to include new guidelines that ban vaccine misinformation. The Google-owned video platform had previously banned over 1 million videos spreading dangerous COVID-19 misinformation. […]
China Pledges to Donate 2 Billion Vaccine Doses
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, said the country would provide two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to the world this year and would donate $100 million to a global effort to […]
In Stinging Rebuke, China Tells U.S. Diplomat That Its Rise Can’t Be Stopped
A senior Chinese diplomat on Monday bluntly warned the visiting American deputy secretary of state, Wendy R. Sherman, that the Biden administration’s strategy of pursuing both confrontation and cooperation with […]
China ‘Shocked’ by Calls for Deeper Look at Wuhan Lab
Chinese officials said on Thursday that they were shocked and offended by a World Health Organization proposal to further investigate whether the coronavirus emerged from a lab in Wuhan, exposing […]
China’s Vaccine Diplomacy Just Got a Big Win. But Can the Country Deliver?
Developing countries racing for coronavirus vaccines now have another dependable option — and China’s reputation as a rising scientific superpower just got a big boost.The World Health Organization on Friday […]
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Europe’s ‘mental health pandemic’With coronavirus restrictions in European countries set to drag into the spring or perhaps longer, health professionals fear the deteriorating mental state of young people, who they […]
W.H.O. Researcher Seeking Coronavirus Origins on His Trip to China
What about the cases that appeared before the outbreak in the seafood market?There was other spread going on outside of Huanan market. There are other patients who have no links […]
China Wanted to Show Off Its Vaccines. It’s Backfiring.
China’s coronavirus vaccines were supposed to deliver a geopolitical win that showcased the country’s scientific prowess and generosity. Instead, in some places, they have set off a backlash.Officials in Brazil […]
Disappointing Chinese Vaccine Results Pose Setback for Developing World
The tepid results could also be problematic for Chinese officials, given that they had touted the efficacy of the vaccines made by Sinovac and Sinopharm. Even though the vaccines had […]