Infectious Diseases

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is deploying a surge team to South Africa's Gauteng province, epicentre of...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's federal and state governments agreed on Thursday to measures aimed at tackling a fourth wave of...

ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's government on Thursday proposed heavy fines for heads of public institutions or municipalities who fail to...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan on Thursday reversed a ban on inbound flight reservations, revealing confusion between government agencies and the public...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese city adjacent to Russia said that starting Friday, it would suspend certain activities for goods...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's daily coronavirus case numbers rose to a new high on Thursday, as...

By Promit Mukherjee and Estelle Shirbon JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The Omicron variant appears able to get around some immunity but vaccines...

PARIS (Reuters) - France is stepping up its COVID-19 booster vaccination campaign and tightening entry rules for arrivals from outside...

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a "call to get jabs in arms" on Wednesday as...

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - New infections and deaths from HIV/AIDS may increase as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities on Wednesday flagged another probable case of the Omicron variant in Sydney as they braced...

By Ludwig Burger and Emma Thomasson FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - The World Health Organization warned countries on Tuesday not to impose...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries should apply "an evidence-informed and risk-based approach" with any travel measures related to the Omicron variant...

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...

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

LONDON (Reuters) - New mask mandates and other measures aimed at curbing the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant came...

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

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to prepare an action plan within the next week...