Public Health

By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) - A global initiative to get COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines to poorer nations has only...

By Twinnie Siu and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong announced stringent new coronavirus restrictions and record new infections...

By Carl O'Donnell, Francesco Guarascio and Neil Jerome Morales (Reuters) -Novavax Inc has delivered just a small fraction of the...

(Reuters) - Singer-songwriter Neil Young has asked employees of Spotify Technology SA to quit their jobs while urging people to...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will limit public gatherings to two people and close sites such as churches and...

By Anna Mehler Paperny, David Ljunggren and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Police in Canada's capital said on Monday they had...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Disruptions in basic health services such as vaccination programmes and treatment of diseases like AIDS were reported...

By Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong residents crowded supermarkets and neighbourhood fresh food markets on Monday to...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will tighten social restrictions in Jakarta and Bali, as well as in two other cities on...

By Twinnie Siu and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong reported a record 614 new COVID-19 cases on Monday,...

By Lars Hagberg and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson on Sunday declared a state of emergency...

(Reuters) - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urged New Zealanders on Sunday to unite in their battle against COVID-19, as the...

By Lidia Kelly (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday that the reopening of the country's borders...

(Reuters) -Some U.S. Republicans on Saturday vowed to investigate GoFundMe's decision to take down a page accepting donations in support...

By Kyaw Soe Oo and Brian Gable TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Thousands of people demonstrated in Canadian cities, including the financial...

ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization said on Saturday he had discussed with Chinese Premier Li...

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain will next week lift a requirement for people to wear masks outdoors as a measure against the...

By Twinnie Siu and Marius Zaharia HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong plans to roll out rapid antigen tests for...

(Reuters) -British researchers want to repurpose existing antiviral therapies to treat COVID-19, the University of Oxford said on Friday, in...

By Neha Arora and Sumit Khanna NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's official COVID-19 death toll crossed 500,000 on Friday, a...