Public Health

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pacific island nations that are some of the last places in the world to...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan serious COVID-19 cases crossed 1,000 for the first time in four months, data showed on Friday,...

By Eliana Raszewski and Miguel Lo Bianco TRES DE FEBRERO, Argentina (Reuters) -At least 22 people have died in Argentina...

VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria's upper house of parliament on Thursday passed a bill to make coronavirus vaccines compulsory for adults, bringing...

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's leading infectious disease experts said on Thursday the collapse of...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government said on Thursday it would extend a work-from-home plan for civil servants...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering a two-week extension of infection controls in 13 regions, including its capital Tokyo, to...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will stop requiring COVID passes for entry to restaurants and other service or entertainment...

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico topped 5 million total confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, registering 42,181 new cases and 573...

By Marc Leras MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Marseille has hired private companies to pick up trash two weeks into a...

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -An ongoing protest in Canada's capital is unlikely to succeed in its objective of repealing...

By Manojna Maddipatla and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19...

By Allison Lampert and Ismail Shakil MONTREAL (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Quebec is scrapping a plan that would...

By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) - British nature broadcaster David Attenborough, the World Health Organization and Belarusian dissident Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya...

By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) -During the past four days China has detected 119 COVID-19 cases among athletes and personnel...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's gift of 150,000 doses of its domestically developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Somalia's breakaway...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Having discussions and making "general remarks" about Hong Kong's coronavirus strategy is not illegal and does...

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan Vice President William Lai used his final day in the United States to repeat an accusation that...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Thousands of Australian students return to school on Monday after a summer break, as the country remains...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dozens of pet stores that sold hamsters in Hong Kong may resume business from Sunday, Hong...