Public Health

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at risk of imminent closure because the...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, extended COVID-19 restrictions on Monday for a further two weeks, as authorities launched a...

By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - Nurse Chris Prott's knees jump, his heart races, his mouth goes dry and his mind...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and five cabinet ministers comfortably survived a vote of no confidence in...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government plans to extend a state of emergency in and around Tokyo until the last...

By David Ljunggren MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finds himself behind in polls ahead of a...

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam's coronavirus epicentre Ho Chi Minh City, which has kept residents confined at home under lockdown, is considering...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A leak online of the president's COVID-19 vaccine certificate has heightened concern in Indonesia about information security,...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Friday extended social distancing curbs for several weeks to rein in...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denied allegations that medical supplies like personal protective equipment and face...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia, a neurological disorder that...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam could be facing a lengthy battle against the coronavirus and cannot rely on lockdown and quarantine...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's health ministry said on Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine regimen of China's Sinovac followed by British-developed...

By Rahman Muchtar MAKASSAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - A group of drone enthusiasts in Indonesia are using their aerial skills to...

By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will begin vaccinating adolescents against COVID-19 this week and younger children from mid-September...

(Reuters) -North Korea has rejected roughly three million COVID-19 vaccine doses of China's Sinovac Biotech, saying they should be sent...

LONDON (Reuters) - As many as 1 in 7 children may have symptoms linked to the coronavirus months after testing...

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal said on Wednesday it would allow entry for tourists from Brazil, nearly 18 months after it...

ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland will not tighten curbs on public life for now despite rising coronavirus cases, the government said on...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand allowed shopping malls in the capital Bangkok to reopen on Wednesday and restaurants to operate at...