The world is ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) say in a …

We tend to think of pandemics as unlikely events, but disease outbreaks are surprisingly common. Over the past 400 years, the longest stretch of time…

The discovery of two imported cases of a new and possibly vaccine-resistant COVID-19 variant in Hong Kong suggests the new variant is likely already …

Britain on Thursday said it was concerned by a newly identified coronavirus variant spreading in South Africa that might make vaccines less effective…

The established nomenclature systems for naming and tracking SARS-CoV-2 genetic lineages by GISAID, Nextstrain and Pango are currently and will remai…

US President Joe Biden has ordered intelligence officials to "redouble" efforts to investigate the origins of Covid.

Tens of thousands of people usually visit the rock-hewn churches of Ethiopia's Lalibela for Orthodox Easter. But this year the town has suffered …

With clothing retailers in Europe and America cutting back on orders, factories in Bangladesh are fighting to survive.

A former New York stockbroker is betting $4 million that the pandemic will change what Americans are willing to pay for high quality face masks from …

Supplies of coronavirus vaccine needles and syringes are running short, impacting vaccinations in many countries.

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million, according to a Reuters tally. Almost 1.3% of the world's population has now been infected with CO…

China’s President Xi Jinping on Monday called on the world to strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination and bolster the role of the G20 in global …

As it spreads, it's mutating, taking on new characteristics, that can make it harder to fight. New variants found in South Africa and the UK are …

Though scientists had warned the world was due a pandemic, no-one could have predicted the scale and impact of Covid-19. So should we expect more pan…

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic and is calling on countries t…

Scientists say the COVID-19 vaccines being developed in Russia and China share a potential shortcoming: They are based on a common cold virus that ma…

The number of adults in the UK who are experiencing some level of depression has doubled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to th…

This are the figures in the Unites States according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) - Jul…

This are the figures in the Unites States according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) - Jul…

Bill Gates talks about pandemic and conspiracy theories about him, in his new TED Talk.