Public Health

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Wednesday the government will introduce a series of new...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The South Korean government said on Wednesday it will appeal against a court order...

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he wanted to "piss off" the non-vaccinated, in a slangy, cutting...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany needs to offer booster shots to an additional 15 million people to slow the spread of...

MADRID (Reuters) -Students at Spanish schools and universities will return to class in-person when the new term begins on Jan....

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Health Ministry said on Tuesday that most participants in a public hearing on vaccinating children aged...

By Renju Jose and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian COVID-19 cases soared to a pandemic record on Tuesday as the...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Several thousand Czech firefighters, police officers and rescue workers have backed a petition to cancel an incoming...

By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Authorities in India's capital Delhi on Tuesday ordered people to stay home over...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the government will expand a "vaccine bubble" from...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Cruise ship companies in Brazil will suspend most operations until Jan. 21, an industry association said on...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands, under a strict COVID-19 lockdown for the past two weeks, will reopen primary and...

MUMBAI (Reuters) -India vaccinated more than 3.8 million teens aged between 15 and 18 years on Monday, as the country...

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that Israel would offer a fourth dose of...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's government said the milder impact of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 meant the country could push...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian health agency Anvisa on Sunday warned passengers against boarding cruise ships operating along the Brazilian...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Riot police with batons and shields broke up a crowd of several thousand who had gathered in Amsterdam...

LONDON (Reuters) - England reported a record high daily total of 162,572 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, up from...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The Omicron coronavirus variant could ease pressure on the German health system if it turns out to...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India reported more than 27,000 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with infections sharply rising for a...