The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

The Karnataka Health Department has issued an advisory to the public and a circular based on the COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) recommendation to avert a surge in pneumonia cases in light of the reported rise in cases of the respiratory illness in China.

The prime minister has delivered a formal apology on behalf of the government to the survivors and families affected by the drug thalidomide.

Michael Gove was reprimanded for telling the inquiry ‘there is a significant body of judgment that believes the virus itself was manmade’

New research suggests COVID-19 vaccinations could prevent adverse birth outcomes

Australia to ban import of single-use vapes from 1 January, announces health minister

With mask-wearing and social distancing long forgotten by most, is there a danger we’re sleepwalking into disaster?

Health minister Mark Butler says medical and nurse practitioners will be able to prescribe vapes and patients will get their scripts filled at pharmacies

Sadiq Khan claimed Boris Johnson had been unaware that other countries had imposed lockdowns in March 2020.

With Covid-19 facilities being dismantled and an inquiry starting late, the nation’s ability to react quickly to future health threats has been lost, experts say

Online anti-vaxxers, conflating Covid and MMR theories, are convincing parents against immunising their children

In a series of moves experts say signal a shift in how developing countries deal with pharmaceuticals, South Africa, Colombia and others have recently adopted a more combative approach towards drugmakers, pushing back on policies that deny treatment to millions of people with tuberculosis and HIV