Healthcare

By Eduardo Simões (Reuters) - Brazil's Butantan biomedical institute is in talks to sell a locally manufactured COVID-19 vaccine developed...

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -A Brazilian hospital chain tested unproven drugs on elderly COVID-19 patients without their knowledge as...

(Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is aiming to eliminate the most deadly form of meningitis by 2030 through...

By Nia Williams and Rod Nickel CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Premier Jason Kenney promised Albertans the "best summer ever" when...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean authorities announced on Monday the end of a state of emergency in force since the start...

By Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s National Academy of Medicine on Monday expressed concern over the use of Cuba’s...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 50 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, compared to 52 the day before, the health ministry said,...

By Eva Plevier THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Hundreds of protesters marched against the introduction of a "corona pass" in the Netherlands...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba is allowing a staggered opening from Friday of restaurants, shopping centres and beaches in provinces that...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc is in discussions with Singapore's Health Sciences Authority regarding obtaining a full license application for...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has gained wide support for a second term as head of...

(Reuters) - The World Health Organisation's representative to Afghanistan called on the international community on Thursday to resume funding of...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's disease control committee has proposed a halving of a two-week hotel isolation requirement for vaccinated arrivals,...

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Police in the Canadian province of Quebec are searching for a man they suspect of punching a...

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Wednesday that countries in the region...

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria is facing a new surge in COVID-19 infections in both government-held areas and...

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that...

By Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Leaders from developing nations warned the U.N. General Assembly this week that COVID-19...

BISSAU (Reuters) - More than 30 people have died because a health workers' strike in Guinea-Bissau has paralysed the healthcare...

By Yannis Floulis TRIKALA, Greece (Reuters) - Greece on Tuesday tested a drone to deliver medicines to isolated places in...