Coronavirus Covid-19

Any new report on the virus’ origin quickly triggers a relapse and a return of misleading claims about the virus

“There is not a consensus right now in the U.S. government about exactly how Covid started,” the spokesman for the National Security Council said Monday

The 35-year-old from Serbia returned to No. 1 this time by winning the Australian Open in January, jumping up from No. 5 to overtake Carlos Alcaraz

Research and development expenses nearly doubled to $1.2 billion for the drugmaker

The government expects 46 million people to join festivities that officially began Friday and run through February 22

Thanks to years of research into the respiratory syncytial virus, scientists were able to develop Covid-19 vaccines in record time

Judge Clifton Newman decided keep the trial going in the packed Colleton County courtroom after the remaining 10 jurors and five alternates tested negative

The military service says the biggest hurdles to recruitment are more traditional ones: young people don’t want to die or get injured

Hansen’s disease is one of humanity’s oldest afflictions but remains one of the most unknown, neglected and stigmatized, despite the fact that a cure has existed for 40 years. In 2021, the WHO recorded a 10% increase in cases — another side effect of the pandemic

The figure has grown 70% from 2019 and is close to 20,000 people despite warnings by the US State Department about high rates of violent crime and kidnappings

Scientific studies indicate that people who do aerobic and strength exercises have a lower risk of dying from pneumonia and influenza

The tremor has deepened the drama of a country beset by 12 years of civil war that killed half a million people and created 6.6 million refugees. Syrians were also dealing with an economic crisis, Covid and cholera

Nearly all of the pandemic restrictions put in place by Newsom have been lifted

Booster shots should be planned to coincide with times of the year when there is greater risk

More than half of the children in the country have been displaced by the conflict with Russia. This photo essay highlights how the war has disrupted students’ education

The move would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response to treat the virus as an endemic threat to public health

The company is reeling from a worldwide recall of sleep apnea machines and economic headwinds

His 22 major championships – which include seven from Wimbledon, three from the US Open and two from the French Open – are tied with Rafael Nadal for the most by a man in the history of tennis

The sci-fi comedy-drama shot before the pandemic premiered without fanfare at the SXSW festival, but went on to be a box-office hit in the US

A new report has unified the WHO threat prevention model, after reviewing nearly 3,000 documents issued over the 23 years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic

Research on a case that occurred three months ago suggests that the virus jumped from wild birds and mutated at the facility, where all the animals were culled

While citizens reduce energy consumption, cities like Rovaniemi are bracing for a possible extreme cold wave that could cause the electricity grid to collapse

While more than 80% of the population has had at least one vaccine dose, only 16% of those eligible have received the latest boosters

A portrait of the Chinese city that registered the first cases of coronavirus and whose residents were subjected to strict controls ahead of the rest of the world

The World Economic Forum holds its annual meeting in the Swiss Alps, where it will address new trends as the West tries to reduce its reliance on Russia and China