Public Health

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will end his period of coronavirus-related self-isolation later on Wednesday when he meets...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's daily coronavirus cases jumped to their highest level in weeks on Wednesday, a setback to...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube deleted Russian state-backed broadcaster RT's German-language channels on Tuesday, saying it had breached its...

By Kantaro Komiya and Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will lift a coronavirus state of emergency in all regions on...

(Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is aiming to eliminate the most deadly form of meningitis by 2030 through...

By Michael Erman, Gwladys Fouche and Alistair Smout (Reuters) - School for children in many nations has been underway for...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will "never" close schools again despite a recent rise in COVID-19 infections and the government is...

By Nia Williams and Rod Nickel CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Premier Jason Kenney promised Albertans the "best summer ever" when...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean authorities announced on Monday the end of a state of emergency in force since the start...

By Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s National Academy of Medicine on Monday expressed concern over the use of Cuba’s...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Pedro Guimaraes, a member of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's delegation to the United Nations, has tested positive...

By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Saturday it had exported its three-shot Abdala coronavirus vaccine for the...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 50 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, compared to 52 the day before, the health ministry said,...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam plans to ease coronavirus curbs and allow businesses to restart production from next week to prop...

By Eva Plevier THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Hundreds of protesters marched against the introduction of a "corona pass" in the Netherlands...

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's daily COVID-19 infections topped 3,000 for the first time as an outbreak fuelled by this week's...

By Michael Erman (Reuters) - The U.S. CDC on Friday backed a booster shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's COVID-19 infection situation is improving such that emergency conditions could soon be lifted in most parts...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has pushed back a plan to re-open the resort island of Phu Quoc to foreign tourists...

By Ayenat Mersie and George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) - The African Union's (AU) top health official called Britain's lack of...