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China knew of COVID two weeks before telling world of deadly virus, WSJ reports

In December, the findings were uploaded by Dr. Lili Ren to a database named GenBank operated by the US National Insititute of Health, the Journal reported.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People wearing masks pass by portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Shanghai, China, August 31, 2022
A nurse prepares a booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus (COVID-19).

US FDA authorizes updated COVID booster vaccines

The FDA authorization comes after a late summer rise in cases, at a time the new EG.5 subvariant of Omicron — nicknamed "Eris" — has begun to rapidly spread in the United States

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Curry powder

When life gives you lockdowns, make lokshen pudding - opinion

Creating dishes from around the world gave this British-Israeli the idea that would change his life during and after the COVID lockdowns

|ByANDREA SAMUELS
People pose with syringe with needle in front of displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken.

US FDA, CDC see early signal of possible Pfizer bivalent COVID shot link to stroke

Health concerns rise as pattern shows people 65 and older were more likely to have an ischemic stroke 21 days after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech bivalent shot

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CDC no longer recommends students quarantine for COVID-19 exposures in US

The US CDC no longer recommends quarantine for students exposed to COVID-19.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByREUTERS
Magen David worker take a COVID-19 rapid antigen test from Israelis, at a Magen David Adom testing center in Jerusalem, on September 26, 2021.

Majority of COVID-19 patients recover full sense of smell or taste within two years - study

A new study examines patients at the two-year mark of their initial COVID-19 infection in order to understand the recovery time and prevalence of anosmia and ageusia - the loss of smell and taste.

AUGUST 5, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Anosmia or smell blindness, loss of the ability to smell, one of the possible symptoms of COVID-19.

New Zealand's borders fully open after long pandemic closure

New Zealand's borders started reopening in February first for New Zealanders and restrictions have progressively eased.

AUGUST 1, 2022ByREUTERS
White Island, New Zealand, from the air