KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — The headlines are everywhere, even as masks are not.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — A recent study by researchers in the United States showing that Covid-19 may raise the risk of diabetes in children has set the alarm bells ringing in medical circles.

WASHINGTON, March 8 — Covid-19 is unlikely to be eradicated any time soon, and people still need to be flexible and put on masks and practice physical distancing again if Covid-19 case levels get high in their area, health experts have warned.

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 — Vaccine advisers to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted unanimously Thursday to recommend the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines be preferred over the Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to very rare but dangerous blood clot risk.

ANKARA, Dec 8 — The new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, has spread to 50 countries and 19 US states, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday, reported Anadolu Agency (AA).

WASHINGTON, Dec 6 — The Omicron coronavirus strain has been registered in at least 15 US states and it continues to spread, according to US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Dr Rochelle Walensky.

NEW YORK, Nov 20 — The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday endorsed booster doses of Pfizer/BioNTech's and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccines for all US adults.

WASHINGTON, March 1 — Vaccine advisers of the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted on Sunday to recommend the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine for Americans 18 years of age and older.

WASHINGTON, Dec 3 — The United States is facing the toughest time amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as a surge in hospitalisations strains hospitals nationwide, the head of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on Wednesday.

REUTERS, Oct 6 — US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday said Covid-19 can spread through virus lingering in the air, sometimes for hours, acknowledging concerns widely voiced by public health experts about airborne transmission of the virus.

THE US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 928,619 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 32,853 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 2,020 to 52,459.