Health / Medicine

(Reuters) - Canada will temporarily decriminalize the possession of some illegal drugs like cocaine, MDMA and opioids for personal use...

By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba on Tuesday lifted a mask mandate in place for two years following a...

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Following two months of frustration, despair and economic loss, Shanghai's draconian COVID-19 lockdown ended...

By Andrew Cawthorne (Reuters) - When a desperate and bleeding 17-year-old girl walked into his rural health centre, Kenyan medic...

BERLIN (Reuters) - It is not clear yet whether the spread of monkeypox can be contained completely, the World Health...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Zambian counterpart in a telephone call on Tuesday that China was willing...

By Renee Maltezou and Deborah Kyvrikosaios ATHENS (Reuters) - Raised in rural Greece, queer artist and author Sam Albatros recalls...

By Casey Hall and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai authorities on Tuesday began dismantling fences around housing compounds and...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai will move into a normalised epidemic-control phase from Wednesday and will allow malls and shops to...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's capital Beijing reported 16 new domestically transmitted symptomatic coronavirus cases for May 30, up from eight...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai reported 22 new domestically transmitted asymptomatic coronavirus cases for May 30, down from 61 a day...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan researchers have developed low-cost air quality monitoring sensors that work in extreme conditions and will allow...

(Reuters) - Over 20 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease, with more than...

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization does not believe the monkeypox outbreak outside Africa will lead to...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - An unusual spread of monkeypox does not mean people should shun LGBTQ+ pride parades this summer, a...

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...

PARIS (Reuters) -A gravely sick orca which became separated from its pod and swam dozens of miles up the river...

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

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's federal government will provide educational scholarships, mental health counselling and health insurance to children who have...