Science

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced concern on Tuesday that some...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The COVID-19 Omicron variant was detected in the Netherlands before two flights arrived from South Africa last...

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's health commissioner has urged governments to boost efforts to detect coronavirus...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will hold off on more reopening measures while it evaluates the Omicron COVID-19 variant and will...

MONTREAL (Reuters) - A further two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in Ottawa, bringing Canada's total...

YAVNE, Israel (Reuters) - Archaeological finds in Israel have shed light on Yavne, an ancient town that served as the...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -The heavily mutated Omicron coronavirus variant is likely to spread internationally and poses a very...

By Nancy Lapid and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - As scientists race to understand the consequences of the Omicron COVID-19 variant,...

GENEVA (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday the World Health Organisation required reliable financing with higher donations...

PARIS (Reuters) -France's Health Ministry said on Sunday it had detected eight possible cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant across...

By Promit Mukherjee and Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday that authorities were...

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana will ramp up its COVID-19 inoculation campaign next month and make the vaccine mandatory for targeted...

By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) -Britain announced new measures on Saturday to try to slow the spread of the newly...

LIMA (Reuters) - A team of experts has found a mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old on...

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - The new Omicron coronavirus variant - identified first in South Africa, but also detected in...

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is closing its borders to foreign travelers who have recently been to seven...

By Alexander Winning and Alistair Smout JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) - Authorities around the world have reacted with alarm to a new...

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian conservationists released 51 critically endangered royal turtles back into the wild on Friday, in a...

By Alistair Smout and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Thursday said it was concerned by a newly identified coronavirus...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's military is tracking the guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke after it entered the Black Sea...