Britain's government has reported 53,135 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number since mass testing started in mid-2020 and up sharply from the previous rec......
Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how w......
Progress on COVID-19 vaccines is positive but the World Health Organization is concerned about a growing perception the pandemic has come to an end, WHO Direc......
About 29,000 chickens will be slaughtered in Germany after bird flu was found on another poultry farm, authorities say. Type H5N8 bird flu was confirmed in...
The coronavirus may have been circulating in the United States last December, well before the first COVID-19 case was diagnosed on January 19, a new analysis...
Even if countries record a fall in coronavirus cases, they need to stay vigilant, the World Health Organisation's technical lead for COVID-19 Maria Van Kerkho......
A defiant Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he will not have a coronavirus shot when one becomes available, the latest in a series of statements express......
The acting head of a big Russian state fur company has floated the idea of vaccinating minks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after millions of...
Nearly two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be shipped and flown to developing countries next year in a "mammoth operation", the UN children's agency U......
Patrick Quinn, whose personal battle with ALS helped power the Ice Bucket Challenge fundraising campaign, has died at age 37, seven years after his diagnosis.