Diseases

LONDON (Reuters) - There have been 71 additional cases of monkeypox identified in England, the UK Health Security Agency said...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's governing board agreed on Monday to form a new committee to help speed...

By Brenda Goh and Ryan Woo SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai on Monday announced an end to its two-month long COVID-19 lockdown,...

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates recorded three more cases of monkeypox, the health ministry said on Monday, nearly...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria has confirmed 21 cases of monkeypox since the start of the year with one death reported,...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries around the world on Saturday adopted an initial U.S.-led reform of the rules around disease outbreaks,...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland has confirmed its first case of monkeypox, the country's health agency said on Saturday. A separate...

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries have agreed to an initial U.S.-led push to reform of the rules around...

By Ryan Woo and Stella Qiu BEIJING (Reuters) -Pandemic-hit Shanghai, China's financial hub, unveiled more post-lockdown plans on Thursday as...

By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA (Reuters) - Hundreds of health ministers and diplomats from around the world meet...

By Leela de Kretser DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - A global health fund has raised a third of the $18 billion...

By Ryan Woo and Engen Tham BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Beijing stepped up quarantine efforts to end its month-old COVID outbreak as...

By Martin Quin Pollard and Engen Tham BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Chinese capital extended its work-from-home requirement for many of...

By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization...

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway has begun searching for possible cases of monkeypox in the capital Oslo, the country's Institute of...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai's central Jingan district, a key commercial area of the Chinese financial hub, said on Saturday it...

By Brenda Goh and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai announced its first new COVID-19 cases outside quarantined areas in...

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -A handful of cases of monkeypox have now been reported or are suspected in Britain,...

By Roxanne Liu and Ryan Woo (Reuters) - Plans by COVID-hit Chinese cities to exit or avoid lockdown are more...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Chinese financial hub of Shanghai reported 746 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases for May 16, down...