Public Health

BEIJING (Reuters) - A city in southeast China hit by COVID-19 told residents on Saturday to stay home and closed...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese former foreign minister Fumio Kishida, a key contender to become prime minister, said on Saturday he...

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam has approved Cuba's Abdala vaccine for use against the new coronavirus, the government said on Saturday, as...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian federal police raided the offices of Precisa Medicamentos, a Brazil-based pharmaceutical company, on Friday...

ZURICH (Reuters) -Travellers entering Switzerland who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 or recovered from the virus will need to...

By Steve Scherer MONTREAL (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, seeking to carve out a lead ahead of Monday's election,...

By Leonhard Foeger VIENNA (Reuters) -A Vienna court on Friday heard the first of more than a dozen lawsuits being...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian officials will trial a home quarantine system for fully vaccinated international travellers arriving in...

By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's federal government wants to halt COVID-19 vaccinations for most adolescents, citing a death under...

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - A British study will look into the immune responses of children to mixed schedules...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish medical producers protested on Thursday over unpaid bills worth hundreds of millions of dollars for equipment...

By Kate Lamb and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian court ordered on Thursday President Joko Widodo...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he would have to spend "a few days" in self-isolation after...

By Eric Gaillard NICE, France (Reuters) - A French hospital worker has said he is on hunger strike to protest...

By Michelle Nichols and Mary Milliken UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Antonio Guterres stressed on Wednesday that he cannot...

By Tom Allard and Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is in talks with the World Health Organization (WHO) as...

By Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Wednesday he was puzzled why so many...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh on Wednesday criticized as "false" the claim...

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - As more adults get their COVID-19 vaccines, children who are not yet eligible for...

By Andrew Osborn and Maxim Rodionov MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he was self-isolating after several...