Britain has received experimental favipiravir from Japan to treat a deadly hantavirus outbreak. The drug is not licensed in the UK and its ...

Cyrus Poonawalla began Serum Institute of India in 1966 with a goal to make India self-reliant in healthcare. His vision was to provide aff...

Avian influenza has spread to cows and even a person based in Texas. Amid these rising cases, health officials are currently on high alert,...

China stopped issuing passports at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 as part of the world's strictest anti-virus controls an...

Exports surged 16.9% over a year ago to $308.3 billion, up from April’s 3.7% growth, a customs agency statement said Thursday. Imports rose...

The city-state is the latest Asian country to ease travel restrictions in a region that has generally been more reluctant to lift barriers ...

Last year the economy grew by 2.8 percent, according to revised figures published Friday, decidedly slower than neighbours like France, whi...

The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.58% to close at 7,460.2, with energy stocks leading the gains. The benchmark index ended down 0.27% on Wednesd...

New Zealand had been largely virus-free, excluding a small cluster of cases in February, until an infected traveller from Australia seeded ...

A United Nations panel's dire warning on climate change also added to the gloomy mood after fires in Greece have razed homes and forests an...

Dining-in will resume and group sizes will be raised to five from Aug. 10 for those who have been fully vaccinated, officials said, outlini...

"Entry will be prevented for all travellers arriving directly from India or through any other country after having visited India in the pas...

The country of some 9 million, which has widened the campaign to those aged 16 and above, has vaccinated about 65% of the eligible populati...

The S&P/ASX 200 index ended 0.7 per cent higher at 6,643.1, with all major indexes apart from miners and gold stocks trading in the black.

The S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.24 per cent higher at 5,573.

Mainland China reported a drop in new coronavirus infections for a fourth day as imported cases fell, while authorities shut the borders to...

Rapidly rising coronavirus cases will be the biggest factor steering share markets.