Healthcare

By Francois Murphy and Maria Sheahan VIENNA/BERLIN (Reuters) - Austria became on Monday the first country in western Europe to...

By Jiri Skacel and Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech Republic and Slovakia banned unvaccinated people from hotels, pubs, hairdressers...

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - A senior Red Cross official said he was furious that sanctions and donor freezes...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organisation (WHO) must be strengthened with more funding and greater ability to...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is urging some local governments to embark on pilot programmes next year to improve medical and...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German politicians are debating making COVID-19 vaccinations compulsory for citizens in light of soaring infections and low...

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain called on Sunday for international action on the issue of medical devices such as oximeters that work...

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Several thousand people took to Australia's streets on Saturday protesting COVID-19 vaccination mandates, while...

By Francois Murphy and Paul Carrel VIENNA/BERLIN (Reuters) - Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose...

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria needs to speed up vaccinations against the coronavirus to limit the health risks for its people...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's coronavirus situation is so grave that a lockdown, including people who have been vaccinated, cannot be...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch healthcare officials said on Friday they have begun delaying operations for some cancer and heart patients...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A wave of coronavirus cases sweeping across Germany has plunged the country into a national emergency, Health...

By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece joined several other European countries on Thursday in imposing more restrictions on those unvaccinated...

By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) - Christine, a 28-year-old nurse in the Lebanese army, used to spend about a quarter...

By Emma Thomasson and Francois Murphy BERLIN/VIENNA (Reuters) -Germans and Austrians are rushing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as...

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs during the coronavirus pandemic is helping bacteria...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's coronavirus situation is dramatic, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Wednesday, calling for an extra push on vaccinations...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish government plans to introduce a requirement for COVID-19 vaccine passes at indoor events where more...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -COVID-19 deaths have decreased 17% in the Americas over the past week, but the most populous countries like...