Official figures show that more than 55 million people have lost their lives to the viral disease since the Covid-19 pandemic began in late 2019. But...
Antibiotic-resistant infections killed 1.2 million people in 2019, according to a study published in The Lancet. The title, “The Neglected Antimicrobial Resistance Pandemic,” underscores the growing...
Last year was one of the seven warmest on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a United Nations agency, said on Wednesday. Despite the cooling effect...
World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said Wednesday that there is “no evidence” that healthy children and adolescents need booster doses to fight Covid-19....
People around the world watched in awe at satellite images of spectacular underwater volcanoes erupting in giant mushroom clouds in the Pacific Ocean. Many wondered why...
An Israeli hospital said on Monday that preliminary studies suggest a fourth dose of a coronavirus vaccine would provide only limited defense against a variant of...
Faced with pandemic difficulties and U.S.-led sanctions on his nuclear ambitions, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may revive his 2017 nuclear and missile brinkmanship to...
The United States warned on Tuesday that Russia could attack Ukraine at any time amid a clear escalation of tensions in Ukraine. But while calling it...
On Monday, the number of Covid-19 cases in China reached its highest level since March 2020, as Beijing began efforts to contain the outbreak three weeks...
Media and journalists have lost their independence in the crisis-torn country since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in mid-August, according to local media. In a...