Epidemics

By Francesco Guarascio BRDO, Slovenia (Reuters) - Drugmakers may face stricter rules to ensure the supply of medicines in the...

LONDON (Reuters) - The delay to England's first coronavirus lockdown was a serious error based on groupthink that went unchallenged,...

(Reuters) - New Zealand expects to administer a record 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in a single day during a mass...

By Francesco Zecchini ROME (Reuters) - Italy's attempt to boost vaccinations by making a contested health pass necessary to go...

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Sydney was set to reopen after months in lockdown, officials said on Sunday, with businesses...

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia was bracing for more COVID-19 infections and hospitalisations, officials said on Saturday, even...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will accept the use by international visitors of COVID-19 vaccines authorized by...

By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil became the second country in the world to pass 600,000 COVID-19...

By Moira Warburton (Reuters) - Ontario is lifting capacity limits on concert venues, theaters and spectator facilities at sports games...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania is in talks about potentially transferring some COVID-19 patients to Hungary as Bucharest struggles with record...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tourism revenues in China during the Golden Week holiday that ended on Thursday fell by almost 5%...

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's food situation remains perilous according to analysts and a United Nations expert...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil is in talks to buy up to 150 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for...

By Manojna Maddipatla NEW YORK (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) this week issued a definition for "long COVID,"...

(Official correction to say maximum capacity on outdoor discos 75%, not 70%) ROME (Reuters) -Italy increased the maximum attendance capacity...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - COVID-19 restrictions will be eased further in Sydney from Monday, authorities said, as Australia's...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian agency that regulates health insurance plans has opened an investigation into allegations that a hospital...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam is planning from December to reopen key tourist destinations to vaccinated visitors from countries deemed a...

By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's school closures and its children's lack of smartphone and internet facilities amidst...

By Manas Mishra (Reuters) - The effectiveness of the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped...