Public Health

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam called for calm on Tuesday after residents emptied supermarkets, stocking up...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday recommended unvaccinated travelers avoid travel to...

HONG KONG/MANILA (Reuters) -A rapid spread in COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong has cast a spotlight on the plight of...

By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - Facilities for storing dead bodies at hospitals and public mortuaries in Hong Kong...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's international schools can maintain their original term dates, the government said on Monday, a...

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - Vaccinating 70% of the population in every country in the world against COVID-19 by...

By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong reported a record 26,026 daily COVID-19 infections on Sunday and 83 deaths,...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Ukraine is running out of oxygen supplies that critically ill people need, the World Health Organization said...

By James Pomfret and Marius Zaharia HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong health authorities said on Saturday they would adjust COVID...

By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Guada, a mother of two young children and pregnant with twins, cries herself to...

By James Pomfret and Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) -As COVID-19 rages across Hong Kong at the start of a...

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland is preparing a medical train to transport Ukrainians wounded in Russia's assault on its neighbour, the country's...

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics will begin at the World Health...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government will no longer require the use of face masks outdoors in areas where more than...

SOFIA (Reuters) - About 1,000 Bulgarian demonstrators gathered in downtown Sofia on Wednesday to protest against curbs imposed to combat...

By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Insurance agent Emily Kwong, 30, is struggling to home-school her five-year-old daughter and is...

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - The international community should form a strategy to provide North Korea with at least...

By Twinnie Siu and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong will roll out compulsory testing for COVID-19 starting in...

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

By Elizabeth Piper and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris on Monday said he would end all coronavirus...