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![Biden gets second Covid-19 booster shot, says virus no longer dominates](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/bc/7c/9c/Biden-gets-second-Covid-19-booster--644665_small.jpg)
Biden gets second Covid-19 booster shot, says viru...
President Joe Biden received a second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot Wednesday and urged Americans to keep their guard up, while de...
![US Congress in new push to fund pandemic response](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/17/46/cc/US-Congress-in-new-push-to-fund-pan-114055_small.jpg)
US Congress in new push to fund pandemic response
US lawmakers scrambled Wednesday to cut a deal on more Covid-19 funding ahead of a speech from President Joe Biden in which he is...
![Biden to receive second Covid booster shot: W.House](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/4a/ed/66/Biden-to-receive-second-Covid-boost-824248_small.jpg)
Biden to receive second Covid booster shot: W.Hous...
President Joe Biden will receive a second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot on Wednesday, the White House said.
![Tale of two cities as Shanghai goes into slow-motion lockdown](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/be/4e/2b/Tale-of-two-cities-as-Shanghai-goes-365433_small.jpg)
Tale of two cities as Shanghai goes into slow-moti...
At home in Pudong district, on reduced pay and playing computer games to lift the gloom, 25-year-old Chinese engineer Terry is in...
![Geneva watch show returns under shadow of Ukraine war](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/67/ec/49/Geneva-watch-show-returns-under-sha-017444_small.jpg)
Geneva watch show returns under shadow of Ukraine...
Switzerland's top luxury watch fair will resurface this week in Geneva after two years of pandemic-induced virtual shows, but Ukra...
![Brazil's Bolsonaro 'ready for combat' after hospital stay](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/df/da/25/Brazil-s-Bolsonaro--ready-for-comba-040654_small.jpg)
Brazil's Bolsonaro 'ready for combat' after hospit...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday he was "ready for combat" after being discharged from hospital, where he spent the...
![US authorizes fourth Covid shot for over 50s](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/00/1b/77/US-authorizes-fourth-Covid-shot-for-651155_small.jpg)
US authorizes fourth Covid shot for over 50s
The United States Tuesday authorized a fourth dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for people 50 and ol...
![Brazil's Bolsonaro discharged after overnight hospital stay](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/df/da/25/Brazil-s-Bolsonaro-discharged-after-044485_small.jpg)
Brazil's Bolsonaro discharged after overnight hosp...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from hospital on Tuesday morning, having spent the night at a military clinic in...
![Sri Lanka hospitals running out of life-saving drugs](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/87/4c/66/Sri-Lanka-hospitals-running-out-of--663285_small.jpg)
Sri Lanka hospitals running out of life-saving dru...
Sri Lanka's state-run hospitals are running out of life-saving medicines due to a shortage of dollars needed to import essentials...
![Anxiety and empty shelves as Shanghai Covid-19 cases surge](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/7f/aa/f6/Anxiety-and-empty-shelves-as-Shangh-665838_small.jpg)
Anxiety and empty shelves as Shanghai Covid-19 cas...
Shanghai recorded a steep climb in Covid-19 cases Tuesday as panic-buying in the Chinese city of about 25 million stripped superma...
![Empty shelves and anxiety as Shanghai Covid-19 cases surge](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/7f/aa/f6/Empty-shelves-and-anxiety-as-Shangh-642224_small.jpg)
Empty shelves and anxiety as Shanghai Covid-19 cas...
Shanghai recorded a steep climb in Covid-19 cases Tuesday as spreading anxiety in the Chinese city of about 25 million prompted pa...
![Brazil's Bolsonaro hospitalized after feeling unwell: press](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/df/da/25/Brazil-s-Bolsonaro-hospitalized-aft-181502_small.jpg)
Brazil's Bolsonaro hospitalized after feeling unwe...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a military hospital in Brasilia Monday to undergo tests after feeling unwell, l...
![Hair loss: Women speak of the pain of going bald](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/87/b5/53/Hair-loss--Women-speak-of-the-pain--429269_small.jpg)
Hair loss: Women speak of the pain of going bald
Hair loss among women is painful, depressing and embarrassing, according to Jada Pinkett Smith and other celebrities who have gone...
Half of Shanghai in lockdown to curb Covid-19 outb...
Millions of people in China's financial hub were confined to their homes on Monday as the eastern half of Shanghai went into lockd...
![Half of Shanghai in lockdown to Covid-19 outbreak](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/7e/31/54/Half-of-Shanghai-in-lockdown-to-Cov-148631_small.jpg)
Half of Shanghai in lockdown to Covid-19 outbreak
Millions of people in China's financial hub were confined to their homes on Monday as the eastern half of Shanghai went into lockd...
![Shanghai to lock down in phases to rein in Covid-19 outbreak](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/68/be/6e/Shanghai-to-lock-down-in-phases-to--438081_small.jpg)
Shanghai to lock down in phases to rein in Covid-1...
Shanghai will launch a phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 outbreak that has hit China with its highest caseloads...
![Shanghai to impose phased Covid-19 lockdown: government](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/68/be/6e/Shanghai-to-impose-phased-Covid-19--159404_small.jpg)
Shanghai to impose phased Covid-19 lockdown: gover...
Shanghai will launch a phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 outbreak that has hit China with its highest caseloads...
![Hong Kong halves flight suspensions triggered by Covid cases](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/31/33/da/Hong-Kong-halves-flight-suspensions-368426_small.jpg)
Hong Kong halves flight suspensions triggered by C...
Hong Kong announced Sunday it will halve the period for which it suspends international flights that bring in passengers infected...
![Meat off the menu in crisis-hit Lebanon as poverty bites](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/72/fb/89/Meat-off-the-menu-in-crisis-hit-Leb-442323_small.jpg)
Meat off the menu in crisis-hit Lebanon as poverty...
Layla Ibrahim has cut down on her daily meat consumption, not because of a health fad but forced by Lebanon's bruising economic cr...
![After Covid, India tries to get on top of tuberculosis](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/55/80/e7/After-Covid--India-tries-to-get-on--262168_small.jpg)
After Covid, India tries to get on top of tubercul...
When Covid-19 ripped through India in 2020-21, several million people are thought to have died. Desperate efforts to stem the pand...
![Shanghai won't lock down despite Covid spike: official](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/f1/18/44/Shanghai-won-t-lock-down-despite-Co-866657_small.jpg)
Shanghai won't lock down despite Covid spike: offi...
Shanghai on Saturday recorded a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, but a member of the city's pandemic task force said officials were d...
![Scientists find microplastics in blood for first time](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/15/20/4d/Scientists-find-microplastics-in-bl-272227_small.jpg)
Scientists find microplastics in blood for first t...
Scientists have discovered microplastics in human blood for the first time, warning that the ubiquitous particles could also be ma...
![EU drug watchdog approves AstraZeneca Covid prevention jab](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/27/7d/85/EU-drug-watchdog-approves-AstraZene-272824_small.jpg)
EU drug watchdog approves AstraZeneca Covid preven...
The EU's drug watchdog on Thursday recommended for approval AstraZeneca's Covid-19 prevention cocktail, which can be used for pati...
![Double lung transplant saves US man with terminal cancer](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/94/20/b1/Double-lung-transplant-saves-US-man-448461_small.jpg)
Double lung transplant saves US man with terminal...
US doctors announced Thursday they had successfully performed a double lung transplant on a patient with terminal lung cancer, giv...
!['China's Fauci' calls for protecting 'normal life' in Omicron fight](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/f1/18/44/-China-s-Fauci--calls-for-protectin-011394_small.jpg)
'China's Fauci' calls for protecting 'normal life'...
A top doctor in China's pandemic fight who came under pressure last year for questioning the country’s zero-Covid policy has calle...
![Covid comeback seen in parts of US as funding runs dry](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/dc/9a/a2/Covid-comeback-seen-in-parts-of-US--017786_small.jpg)
Covid comeback seen in parts of US as funding runs...
Covid is making its latest comeback in parts of the northeastern United States as the BA.2 coronavirus variant becomes dominant in...
![Kenya says over 800,000 Covid jabs have expired, blames hesitancy](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/4b/c7/5a/Kenya-says-over-800-000-Covid-jabs--885652_small.jpg)
Kenya says over 800,000 Covid jabs have expired, b...
Kenya announced on Wednesday that nearly 840,000 Covid-19 vaccines received through donations had expired, blaming hesitancy and...
![Moderna says infant Covid vaccine succeeded in trial](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/e0/47/1c/Moderna-says-infant-Covid-vaccine-s-494441_small.jpg)
Moderna says infant Covid vaccine succeeded in tri...
US biotech firm Moderna on Wednesday said it was pursuing regulatory approval for its Covid vaccine in children aged six months to...
![First cruise ship in three years docks in Tunisia](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/dc/74/e6/First-cruise-ship-in-three-years-do-030681_small.jpg)
First cruise ship in three years docks in Tunisia
A cruise ship docked in a Tunisian port on Wednesday for the first time since 2019, carrying over 700 passengers and rare good new...
![Shanghai warns against 'panic' as Covid cases mount](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/db/d7/7c/Shanghai-warns-against--panic--as-C-241882_small.jpg)
Shanghai warns against 'panic' as Covid cases moun...
Shanghai authorities on Wednesday called for calm as worried citizens swamped online grocery platforms to stock up on food over fe...
![Ukraine's tuberculosis progress 'stopped in one day'](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/35/95/e3/Ukraine-s-tuberculosis-progress--st-276147_small.jpg)
Ukraine's tuberculosis progress 'stopped in one da...
As Ukraine struggles to cope with the immediate casualties of Russia's invasion, there are fears the war will also ruin the countr...
![The scientists helping farmers kick the chemical habit](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/ee/84/4f/The-scientists-helping-farmers-kick-446140_small.jpg)
The scientists helping farmers kick the chemical h...
In a field in western France, the small purple and white flowers quivering among tender shoots of wheat are a clue that this is no...