Healthcare

LISBON (Reuters) - A large hospital near Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, said on Tuesday it has temporarily shut two of...

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - On Friday Nov. 19, Raquel Viana, Head of Science at one of South Africa's...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said that it was likely booster COVID-19 vaccinations would increase...

By Ludwig Burger and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) -The EU drug regulator said on Tuesday it could approve vaccines adapted to...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced concern on Tuesday that some...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch healthcare system scrambled to add intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients as the country registered...

By Edward McAllister and Tom Daly DAKAR/BEIJING (Reuters) - China will deliver another 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to...

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's health ministry said on Tuesday states should ramp up COVID-19 testing as the world battles the...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The COVID-19 Omicron variant was detected in the Netherlands before two flights arrived from South Africa last...

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's health commissioner has urged governments to boost efforts to detect coronavirus...

By Stephanie Nebehay and Alexander Winning GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday the Omicron coronavirus variant...

LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Monday the Omicron coronavirus variant carried a very high risk of...

PARIS (Reuters) - France registered its biggest jump in coronavirus-related hospital admissions since the spring, health ministry data showed on...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel and her soon-to-be successor Olaf Scholz will hold talks with German state leaders on...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday he was deeply concerned about the isolation...

By Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A couple accused of trying to escape from COVID-19...

MADRID (Reuters) - Widespread use of COVID-19 "passports" and vaccines helped tourism recover faster in the European Union than in...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -The heavily mutated Omicron coronavirus variant is likely to spread internationally and poses a very...

By Nancy Lapid and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - As scientists race to understand the consequences of the Omicron COVID-19 variant,...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea said on Monday it has shelved plans to further relax COVID-19 restrictions due...