Australian shares inched higher on Friday, although the index posted its worst weekly performance in more than two months with investors staying on the sidelines as the deadline nears for the U.S. debt ceiling talks to avoid a default.
Arrival of the highly-mutated Omicron variant is a wake-up call to develop vaccines less susceptible to the rapid changes of the coronavirus, leading virologists and immunologists told Reuters.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's committee of outside experts will weigh in on authorisation of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children aged 5-11.
Hong Kong authorities prevented a Royal Caribbean cruise ship from departing the city's terminal late on Thursday as a crew member was suspected to have COVID-19 after routine testing, the government and the cruise operator said.
The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review.