The World Health Organization chief warned Wednesday that the rush in wealthy countries to roll out additional Covid vaccine doses was deepening the inequity in access...
The world’s children are bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, with marked increases in violence, abuse, child labor, lost schooling, and malnutrition, two Vatican studies...
Kuwait has confirmed 12 travelers arriving from Europe tested positive for the omicron COVID-19 variant, the health ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. Read the latest updates...
A South African study offered pre-Christmas good tidings about the severity of omicron on Wednesday as the fast-spreading coronavirus variant forces countries across the world to...
The northern Chinese city of Xi’an on Wednesday ordered all 13 million residents to stay home, in a strict lockdown as concern grows over a fresh...
COVID-19 cases in the United Arab Emirates continued to climb on Wednesday, with officials reporting another 665 cases in the previous 24 hours. The figures reflect...
The pandemic helped push US life expectancy down to 77 years in 2020, a drop of 1.8 years from 2019, with bigger declines for men than...
There are currently 129 people in hospital with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and so far, 14 people have died with it, junior health minister...
Health experts in the United Arab Emirates have urged residents to celebrate the Christmas and New Year festive season with caution and adhere to safety protocols...
Nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the...
