Infectious Diseases

By Kantaro Komiya and Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will lift a coronavirus state of emergency in all regions on...

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

(Fixes typo in name of NSW state premier in paras 1 and 3) By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Sydney residents...

AMMAN (Reuters) -Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein has contracted coronavirus and his parents King Abdullah and Queen Rania, who tested negative,...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian authorities announced plans on Monday to gradually reopen locked-down Sydney, unveiling a two-tiered system...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Pedro Guimaraes, a member of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's delegation to the United Nations, has tested positive...

(Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry reported 1,939 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic....

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

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador will begin administering a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to various groups including the...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia's Victoria state notched up a daily record of 847 locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and one death,...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - An impassioned Barbados prime minister on Friday sought to spur meaningful action from...

By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's son and two members of his cabinet said on Friday...

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

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -More than half of Australia's adult population were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday,...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's COVID-19 infection situation is improving such that emergency conditions could soon be lifted in most parts...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Thursday that she welcomes India's announcement that it will resume...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Melbourne's streets were largely quiet on Thursday after three days of anti-lockdown protests, with hundreds...

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

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to give other countries 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said...

(Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry reported 1,457 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest since April last year. A recent...