Infectious Diseases

LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth has postponed two scheduled virtual audiences on Thursday but will continue with light duties, a...

LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth will miss a planned virtual engagement on Tuesday because she is still experiencing mild cold-like...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda plans to impose fines on people who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who...

By Layli Foroudi PARIS (Reuters) - Canadian Alexis Cossette-Trudel, who is suspended from Facebook and Twitter for promoting the QAnon...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain wants to retain the capability to spot new coronavirus variants but it must stop spending so...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is giving COVID-19 booster vaccines using technologies different from the initial injections, in an effort to...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Malawi has declared a polio outbreak after a case was detected in a young child in the...

By Wendell Roelf and Alexander Winning CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -The World Health Organization said on Friday six African countries -...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese health panel approved on Friday a plan for more targeted COVID-19 curbs across much of...

By Byron Kaye and Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Western Australia, the mining-heavy state that has held firm on strict borders...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong health authorities are expected to confirm at least 3,600 new COVID-19 cases on Friday,...

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - The Dominican Republic ended all COVID-19 public health restrictions on Thursday, including a mask mandate and...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Thursday urged the world's biggest 20 economies (G20) to make joint efforts to ensure...

By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates visited Pakistan on Thursday, meeting with Prime...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will expand quarantine-free travel to Hong Kong, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's daily count of new coronavirus cases topped 90,000 for the first time,...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese industrial hub Suzhou on Wednesday reported new COVID-19 cases for a second day, and authorities...

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will ease entry for fully vaccinated international travelers starting on Feb. 28 as...

(Reuters) - A new wave of infections from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is moving towards the east of...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Police in the Canadian province of Alberta on Monday broke up a group that was supposedly prepared...