pandemic

A new study has claimed that 2020 has been so traumatic for the younger population that it has stunted their social development.

When viruses jump the species barrier it often sparks concern that they could mutate dangerously.

Polio, a deadly disease that used to paralyze tens of thousands of children every year, is spreading in London, New York and Jerusalem for the first time in decades, spurring catch-up vaccination campaigns.

There's good evidence for the connection between continuous employment and positive mental health, while job loss and unemployment have detrimental effects on a person's mental wellbeing.

As the third winter of the coronavirus pandemic looms in the northern hemisphere, scientists are warning to brace for more waves of COVID-19.

The setting is straight from a spy thriller: Crystal waters below, snow-capped Swiss Alps above and in between, a super-secure facility researching the world's deadliest pathogens.

Hong Kong's iconic floating Jumbo restaurant capsized when it was being towed away to a different location in the South China Sea on Saturday.

The Omicron variant of coronavirus is less likely to cause long COVID than previous variants, according to the first peer-reviewed study of its kind from the United Kingdom.

Bedside nurses' role, job autonomy and even salaries are still defined by the notion that, as naturally compassionate individuals, they should be willing to sacrifice parts of themselves to provide care to others.

The trillion-dollar retail investment express is losing steam, dampening the fortunes of British trading platforms that boomed during lockdowns on the back of a meme stocks frenzy.

As we move on from pandemic restrictions, we've seen a strong, global demand for more flexible forms of working

Monkeypox appears to be spreading from person to person in England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Wednesday.

China's zero-Covid policy and the subsequent lockdowns have made survival difficult for foreign companies.

Those who suspect they may have been exposed or who show symptoms including bumpy rash and fever, should avoid close contact with others

A study conducted by the researchers in UK has found that women and young adults were more likely to gain weight during the first Covid-19 induced lockdown.

The WHO believes that generally, six in 10 deaths worldwide are not formally recorded.

Ottawa police are due to soon be reinforced by some 250 Royal Canadian Mounted Police

From Thursday, passengers on London's transport network will still be required to wear face masks but they will no longer be mandatory in secondary school classrooms.

Rich countries are far from being spared. In the United States, learning losses have been observed in several states, including Texas, California and Maryland

Austria has to date seen almost 14,000 Covid-related deaths and 1.5 million cases in a population of around nine million.

Truck owners are demanding the Argentine Foreign Office intervenes and also want more testing posts to speed up the process.

Guterres said the international community needs to "confront the pandemic with equity and fairness."

According to an AFP tally from official sources as of 1100 GMT on Tuesday, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused at least 5,311,914 deaths and 270,068,257 infections.

The World Bank estimates that debt loads in poor countries surged 12 percent to a record $860 billion in 2020 amid the pandemic

The interior ministry has promised extra patrols to implement the lockdown

The commission said that it expected inflation, a pressing concern worldwide, to peak at 2.6 percent this year

Claims are a closely-watched metric of labor market health, and shot into the millions when the pandemic broke out in the United States in March 2020.

Britain's unemployment rate stands at 4.6 percent, down from a pandemic-peak of 5.2 percent at the end of last year.

Demonstrators held up signs saying "Freedom" and "No to the corona dictatorship", with few masks seen among them.

The COVID-era surge in homecare is only an acceleration of long-developing trends.