Infectious Diseases

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for COVID-19 hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to the United...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that the United States would commit...

(Correct typo in first paragraph) By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reprimanded the world on...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - A Slovak bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, who met Pope Francis when the pontiff visited the central...

(Corrects paragraph 1 day of the week to Tuesday, not Thursday) SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Police in Melbourne fired pepper balls...

By Alasdair Pal and Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's foreign minister on Tuesday urged Britain to remove a...

By David Shepardson and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will reopen in November to air travelers from 33...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Unvaccinated heads of state attending the United Nation General Assembly this week may have to settle for a...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A health certificate showing proof of immunity from COVID-19 immunity will be required to enter the...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state on Monday reported its lowest rise in daily COVID-19 cases in more...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -World leaders are returning to the United Nations in New York this week with...

LONDON (Reuters) - A vaccine summit being hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden must come up with a plan this...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 935 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday and some 150,106 additional cases, according to data released by...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 26 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday against 51 the day before, the health ministry said, while...

ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 51 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 66 the day before, the health ministry said, while...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi will cancel COVID-19 testing requirements to enter the emirate for travellers from the UAE starting...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will not raise the sales tax for about a decade as imposing a higher levy on...

(Reuters) -Singapore's primary schools will shift to home-based learning for 10 days ahead of a key national examination, the education...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese former foreign minister Fumio Kishida, a key contender to become prime minister, said on Saturday he...

By Leonhard Foeger VIENNA (Reuters) -A Vienna court on Friday heard the first of more than a dozen lawsuits being...