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Bhiwadi in Rajasthan state named world’s worst city for air pollution but many workers unaware of risks and shun masks.

The combination of BA.2 and BA.1 is thought to be highly contagious and comes as mandatory negative Covid tests for travellers to Australia is scrapped

XE may be more contagious than BA.2 — but its spike protein isn't different. Here's why that's a good thing

Referencing the Tigray crisis, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says world ‘is not treating the human race the same way’.

Why do some people not catch COVID? What do we know about long COVID? Here are some of your common questions answered

Several new variants are being closely monitored in the UK

The head of the World Health Organization slammed the global community for its almost singular focus on the war in Ukraine, arguing that crises elsewhere, including in his home country of Ethiopia, are not being given equal consideration possibly because the people suffering are not white

Latest research has revealed that a single mutation could Zika virus much more infectious and dangerous. Here's what you need to know about the mosquito-borne disease, including how it is transmitted and its symptoms

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported to the World Health Organization fell for a third consecutive week, a trend likely helped by the dismantling of testing and surveillance programs. In its latest weekly report on the pandemic, issued late Tuesday, the UN health agency said the more…