Japan's $800 million pledge is largest made to COVAX initiative

Smokers face 50% higher risk of developing severe disease and death from COVID-19 than non-smokers,

WHO says delays and shortages are driving African countries to slip further behind the rest of the w

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Business owners march for second week in a row, demanding to be allowed to reopen

Civil disobedience movement aimed at disrupting junta has forced hospitals to close and testing rate

World Health Organization says Africa's rollout of COVID-19 vaccine is being hampered by supply shor

UN agency also approves Johnson & Johnson's vaccine for emergency use

UN agency also approves Johnson & Johnson's vaccine for emergency use

Results revealed in first analysis of national COVID-19 vaccination strategy 

WHO says vaccine can save lives and should be used

Immunization experts also recommend it for all age groups

Top UN officials say of 128 million doses administered, more than three-quarters are in 10 rich coun

Tedros says inoculation gap between rich, poor nations grows larger each day

Tedros urges wealthier nations to share COVID-19 vaccines with poorer countries

The United Nations refugee agency and aid group Mercy Corps say an urgent intervention is needed to

Director-General says rich countries have bought most of the current supply

But state-run Butantan research institute is withholding results of trials at request of Chinese dru

Researchers says new strain first detected in southern Britain is also more transmissible in childre

Funding shortfall could stop COVAX effort to bring vaccines to poorest nations 

Director-General Tedros says same commitment to creating vaccines should go into equitably distribut

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Investors cheered by Moderna's announcement of 95% effectiveness rate of experimental vaccine

Kenyan teachers union is calling on government to give guidance to older teachers and those sufferin

Local press groups say Phnom Penh court decision to hand TVFB journalist suspended sentence could im

British-based charity Save the Children called on world leaders for a renewed commitment to advocati

Somali president said country's journalists are untrained and inexperienced, and that some work for

The comment comes as the current death toll approaches the 1 million mark

Data collected between February and July shows Hispanics, Blacks and Native Americans made up 75% of

Almost one-quarter of the global population is estimated to have underlying conditions that increase

Europe Director Hans Kluge says societies need to learn to live with virus

Europe Director Hans Kluge says societies need to learn to live with virus

Rights group Amnesty International and Angola's OMUNGA call for transparent investigations into deat

In this interconnected world it would be short-sighted of wealthy countries to keep vaccine supplies

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health tossed new ideas into the mix: co

WHO urges caution as most European borders reopen to air travel

We could be facing multiple famines of biblical proportions'

WHO warns there could be a huge increase in preventable diseases, such as measles and polio, as the

Dr. David Nabarro says protective measures likely to become part of life 

Coronavirus cases have surged near border with Brazil

The UN said it will have to start shuttering 31 of 41 programs in the war torn country due to cash p