Healthcare

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A leaked health ministry document has prompted calls in Thailand for medical staff inoculated against COVID-19 to...

By Adi Kurniawan DEPOK, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian volunteer biker Sebastian Dwiyantoro and his team have been particularly busy helping...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - The mortuary at Fiji's largest hospital is now full, the country's health ministry said on Monday, as...

LISBON (Reuters) - The popular Portuguese islands of Madeira will allow entry to visitors with any of the COVID-19 jabs...

By Bernadette Christina JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has ordered oxygen makers to prioritise medical needs amid growing demand from COVID-19...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa hit a record of 26,000 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, its second record-breaking tally in...

By Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Tabita Diela JAKARTA (Reuters) -The next two weeks are critical for the success of Indonesia's...

By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's top prosecutor agreed on Friday to request an investigation of President Jair Bolsonaro for...

By Tim Cocks and Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The South African Medical Association threatened on Thursday to take the government...

By Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian doctor Cheras Sjarfi says the small public hospital where she works in...

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is in a tight spot, caught between the rock...

By Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Sumit Khanna MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD (Reuters) -India's official death toll from the coronavirus topped 400,000 on Friday, though...

By Hyonhee Shin and Swati Pandey SEOUL/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through...

By Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - There is currently no political path for launching impeachment proceedings against Brazilian President...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - If you think you have COVID-19, it might be best to stay away from your pets, says...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Supreme Court said on Monday the government and Congress should legalize recreational marijuana use, bringing...

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India reported on Wednesday 45,951 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, data from the health...

By Saurabh Sharma and Rupam Jain BALAI, India (Reuters) -Govind Pasi, a grassroots member of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),...

By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's President Sebastian Pinera on Monday announced a $2 billion boost to health spending...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - An opposition senator filed a formal criminal complaint at the Supreme Court on Monday against...