The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

We’re used to randomised trials in medicine. Why not apply the same rigour to policy?

A California Supreme Court decision last month reaffirmed that individual school districts lack the authority to require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. A few weeks before that, officials in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration confirmed that they had abandoned plans to require COVID-19 vaccination of schoolchildren, and legislation to similar…

Smoking rates have plummeted but vaping is soaring among younger people, sparking calls to restrict access

Dr Clive Dix hit out at the former health secretary in a Telegraph article.

Thailand spent a total of 444 billion baht ($12.8 billion) on public health during the three years of the pandemic to contain the spread of Covid-19 and vaccinate its population, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

LOS ANGELES — With the COVID-19 state of emergency a thing of the past, California health officials on Friday unveiled plans to relax guidance on masking in high-risk settings and to end vaccination requirements for health care workers.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday released an advisory urging people to avoid taking antibiotics like Azithromycin and Amoxiclav. The advisory signed by Dr Sharad Kumar Agarwal, National President, IMA, and other members has said that taking antibiotics when there is no requirement of it, leads to antibiotic resistance.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is still working to identify the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, its director general said on Friday, after a US agency was reported to have assessed the pandemic had likely been caused by a Chinese laboratory leak. "I have written to and spoken with high-level…

The Omicron variant BA.2.75 now accounts for more than three quarters of infections.

The director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, fanned the flames of speculation that blame the Chinese government

Rachel Williams, 38, allowed her house in Maesteg, Bridgend, to be used to store cocaine and amphetamine by her partner Gareth Boast, 43.