Health

Chief of Madrid region pushes back against government’s attempt to reintroduce lockdown amid surge in COVID-19 cases.

A total of 168 countries join UN’s COVID-19 vaccine plan as UK, Canada and Germany pledge nearly $1bn in funds.

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The amoeba kills the majority of people who contract the water-dwelling Naegleria fowleri, but cases are rare in the US.

A young Italian doctor thrust into a COVID-19 ICU ward grapples with isolation and uncertainty, with no end in sight.

Two journalists travelled from the North Cape to Sicily to document a Europe divided by the coronavirus crisis.

With coronavirus fatalities nearing 1 million, experts call for concerted action to curb the pandemic.

Masks have been hard to find even as air quality in West Coast states ranges from merely unhealthy to hazardous.

Jacob Ngarivhume and Hopewell Chin’ono decry crammed conditions, lack of essential iems to protect against COVID-19.

UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen Lise Grande says only $1bn of the $3.2bn needed funding has been received.

Meetings comes as country is seeing a spike in number of coronavirus infections, deaths since end of lockdown.

The United States has reported by far the highest number of deaths related to novel coronavirus in the world.

New cases soared last week to a high of almost 2 million even as new deaths decreased, WHO statistics show.