The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the new coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems during the first two years of the ...

At a gym in Cape Town, the women's doubles finals in a charity padel competition are underway. Described as a blend of squash ...

The New Year brings new challenges and opportunities for Middle East leaders. But optimism should reign as several ...

Objective The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive evidence on risk factors for transmission, disease severity and COVID-19 related deaths in Africa. Design A systematic review has been ...

China is recording a rise in human metapneumovirus infections, particularly in children under 14. HMPV poses risks, ...

Five years ago, on December 31, 2019, WHO’s Country Office in China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health ...

Pipo don dey catch di new variant across Asia, Europe, North America, Africa, Australia and US. Di new Covid-19 (XEC variant) wey don spread globally na variant subvariant of di SARS-CoV-2 Omicron ...

Kenya projects that, with current curfew and testing measures in place, the number of new cases could peak around August or September. Africa's proactive response to the arrival of Covid 19 on the ...

After a relatively slow start to the respiratory virus season, Covid-19 levels in the United ... From December 8 to 21, XEC accounted for 45% of new cases, up from 15% of cases two months earlier.

Recent health developments include the FDA's approval of an injectable version of Bristol Myers Squibb's cancer drug Opdivo.

With New Year's celebrations around the corner, the United States is poised to see its current winter COVID wave to continue to grow. Rates of the virus have already been increasing in much of the ...