Up-to-date vaccination remains the most effective way to prevent severe COVID-19 illness, new research from the World Health ...

GENEVA -- The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said in a news briefing in Geneva ...

Thanks to vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 in the period 2020–2024, 2.533 million deaths were prevented at the global level; one death was avoided for every 5,400 doses of vaccine administered. Some 82 ...

The world may no longer fully live in the grip of COVID-19, but another heavily contagious disease is currently spreading ...

In September 2020, the SD Biosensor STANDARD Q COVID-19 Ag Test became the first rapid antigen test ever listed under WHO’s ...

The overhaul is the latest in a host of sweeping changes made under the Trump administration by health secretary Robert F ...

Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Whether it still is depends on who you ask. There are no clear criteria to mark the end of a pandemic, ...

Researchers in Taiwan assess competitive positions of 16 major hub airports in region before and after pandemic.