Health

Measles surging as COVID-19 curbs disrupt vaccinations

London (Reuters) - Measles surged to infect almost 870,000 people across the world in 2019, the worst figures in almost a quarter of a...

‘Great day for humanity’: Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine over 90% effective

Reuters Health experts said Pfizer’s results were positive for all COVID-19 vaccines currently in development... Pfizer Inc PFE.N said on Monday its experimental COVID-19 vaccine...

Factbox: What we know about Denmark’s mink coronavirus strain

Copenhagen (Reuters) - Denmark has discovered a new, mutated strain of the coronavirus stemming from mink farms in the northern part of the country,...

Exclusive: WHO-led COVID drug scheme doubles down on antibodies, steroids and shuns remdesivir

Reuters Despite being short of funds, the WHO drugs-supply scheme aims to distribute hundreds of millions of courses of COVID-19 drugs to poorer countries by...

Guidelines for COVID-19 tests for airline passengers could set global bar for reliability, sources say

Washington (Reuters) - A global aviation manual now under review by a UN body suggests global guidelines calling for the use of highly reliable...

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