カテゴリー: Health
Analysis: Proof of vaccination is nothing new and any requirement that people use a ‘health pass’ will involve balancing various rightsWith greater numbers of people being vaccinated and countries looking to reopen borders safely, the introduction of s…
Fast-spreading Delta variant has reached more than 20 cities in biggest outbreak in monthsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMillions of people have been confined to their homes in China as the country tries to contain its larg…
Health experts say surge in cases amid Olympics could overload hospitals unless action takenCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth experts in Japan have warned that a recent surge in coronavirus cases in Tokyo, six days into…
Venomous snakebites cause tens of thousands of deaths each year. But homegrown apps are coming to the rescue – and protecting reptiles from reprisalsWhen 12-year-old Anay Sujith felt a sharp sting in his leg while asleep in his hut in a village in Kera…
Tedros says ‘accidents happen’ in labs and calls on China to be more transparentSee all our coronavirus coverageThe head of the World Health Organization has acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the Covid-19 pandemic and a…
Health workers fear deaths could reach levels not seen this century as up to 90% miss check-ups and many opt for home birthsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEarlier this month, 21-year-old Lakhu BK decided to have her baby at…
Pledge to inoculate entire population by December in doubt as states report shortages of vaccine stocksCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia’s Covid vaccination rollout has continued to falter due to supply shortages and vac…
Beijing had offered Taiwan the vaccines, amid a major shortage on the island, but Taiwan’s ruling party did not want to deal with China directlySee all our coronavirus coverageMajor Taiwanese tech companies have inked a deal to buy 10m vaccine doses fo…
Doctors say children haven’t been exposed to range of bugs due to lockdowns, distancing and sanitiser and their immune systems are sufferingNew Zealand hospitals are experiencing the payoff of “immunity debt” created by Covid-19 lockdowns, with wards f…
About 170 people, some wearing hazmat suits, were the first to fly to the Pacific island for a holiday with a Covid twist On Tuesday afternoon in Taipei about 170 people, some dressed in hazmat suits and face shields, boarded a plane bound for the Paci…
Largely spared an outbreak earlier in the pandemic, the Pacific nation is now grappling with a rising caseload, and a shrinking economyFor most of the pandemic, when Fijians tuned in each night to updates from the country’s health experts, they were gr…
Weakened lungs and immune systems make people increasingly vulnerable, warn scientistsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA rash of cases of a rare “black fungus” infection affecting thousands of critically ill Covid patients in…
‘A crisis is brewing’, experts warn, with contaminated water exposing villagers to increased risk of cancer and affecting children’s brain developmentNine members of Pankaj Rai’s family have died from cancer over the past 20 years. But the 25-year-old …
In India’s remote peaks, the pandemic’s toll is worsened by lack of medical facilities, roads and informationPhalguni Devi has spent a fortnight living in a cattle shed. Looking out on a rainy afternoon in early June, she worries that if the rain does …