When Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is unloaded in countries around the world, hundreds of millions of doses will come with the label “Made in China.” Chinese companies have made agreements

A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily. But the country is behind in doing the kind of testing needed to track it and

To fight the pandemic at home, the United States gave its own vaccine manufacturers priority access to American-made materials needed to make the shots. As a result, the US government

The World Health Organization has approved the emergency use of a Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by China’s Sinopharm. Friday’s decision by a WHO technical advisory group, a first for a Chinese

India has said a “double mutant variant” of the coronavirus first discovered there in March may be “linked” to a deadly second wave there. Samples containing the mutant – or

The US has thrown its support behind an initiative at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines. India and South Africa proposed the move,

Peloton announced a recall of its treadmills on Wednesday, reversing course just weeks after saying there was “no reason” to stop using the exercise machines despite reports of multiple injuries

Canada’s health regulator has authorized Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12 and older. Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser at Health Canada, on Wednesday confirmed the decision for the ages

The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for youngsters ages 12 to 15 by next week, according to a federal official and a person

South Africa has received the first batch of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to boost its vaccination programme. The doses which arrived on Sunday night will be received every week, with a total

South Africa has received the first batch of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to boost its vaccination programme. The doses which arrived on Sunday night will be received every week, with a total

Participants in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea are being recruited to test a new drug to treat people with mild to moderate forms of Covid-19. The study called

A forum of scientific advisers set up by the government warned Indian officials in early March of a new and more contagious variant of the coronavirus taking hold in the

Pfizer and BioNTech have submitted a request for European Union drug regulators to extend the approval of the companies’ coronavirus vaccine to include children aged 12 to 15. The move

If part of your resolutions for 2021 was to lose some weight, this is about the time of the year when they start to fall apart and you start to

South Africa has resumed giving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to health care workers after a more than two-week pause in the use of the only Covid-19 inoculation in the

Turks will be required to stay mostly at home under a nationwide “full lockdown” starting on Thursday and lasting until May 17 to curb a surge in coronavirus infections and

Black women face a significantly higher risk of having a miscarriage than white, research suggests. The Lancet analysis of data on 4.6 million pregnancies in seven countries suggests being black

The European Union has launched legal action against AstraZeneca for not respecting its contract for the supply of Covid-19 vaccines and for not having a “reliable” plan to ensure timely deliveries.

The Academy of Medicine Specialties, together with its Rapid-Response initiative group, has advised Nigeria’s federal government to shut the country’s international airports for at least two weeks to avoid the