Public Health

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Thursday officially approved Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for its booster programme, while Novavax Inc filed...

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Steve Scherer TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's government implored residents on Wednesday not to leave the...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Crown Princess Amalia, the heir to the Dutch throne, invited 21 people to her 18th birthday party...

(Reuters) - The European Union's drug regulator on Wednesday recommended that a booster dose of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 shot...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - There is a "very high" risk the Omicron variant of COVID-19 will become dominant in Europe by...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa reported a record number of new daily COVID-19 infections on Wednesday in a fourth wave believed...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Preliminary evidence indicates that COVID-19 vaccines may be less effective against infection and transmission linked to the...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia on Wednesday reopened borders to vaccinated skilled migrants and foreign students after a nearly...

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Pfizer and BioNtech are set to displace AstraZeneca as the main suppliers of COVID-19...

MANILA (Reuters) - An incoming typhoon has forced the Philippines to delay COVID-19 vaccinations of millions of people living in...

By Alexander Winning and Wendell Roelf JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine has been less effective in South Africa at...

By Michael Erman and Deena Beasley NEW YORK (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc on Tuesday said its antiviral COVID-19 pill showed near...

DAKAR (Reuters) - Africa is experiencing its fastest surge in COVID-19 cases this year, with the number up 83% in...

By Stephanie Nebehay and Ludwig Burger GENEVA (Reuters) - The Omicron coronavirus variant, reported in more than 60 countries, poses...

By Ismail Shakil (Reuters) - COVID-19 cases in Canada may rapidly rise in the coming days due to community spread...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria will destroy around one million expired COVID-19 vaccines, Faisal Shuaib, head of the National Primary Health...

By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) - At least 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines have expired in Senegal without being used in the...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, is still showing mild symptoms and...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India reported its lowest tally of active COVID-19 cases in 18 months on Monday, but a...

By Emilio Parodi, Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Bart H. Meijer MILAN/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - As Europe starts vaccinating younger children, countries are...