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More people were wearing masks and social distancing in previous years, which may have kept flu cases at bay

Global health officials are still unsure what the impact of the forthcoming flu season will be.

A meta analysis finds that regular exercise reduces risk of Covid infection by 11 percent. Those who exercised also had less severe disease and lower mortality.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesperson Tawee­silp Visanuyothin said last week that the government will declare Covid-19 as endemic in October. The decision to label the infectious disease as endemic was based on the relatively limited number of severe cases and fatalities.

Winter's nearly over and, with COVID-19 daily case numbers declining, you could be forgiven for hoping the coronavirus pandemic is coming to an end too. But experts say it could be a long way off.

Driven by her mantra that ‘Women being harmed is our business’, the Pakistani doctor’s campaigning angered the Vatican and brought death threats from Muslim fundamentalists

The World Health Organization's Covid chief said Friday it was time for a reality check on the virus after the millionth death from the disease this year. Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's technical lead Covid-19, said the toll was "heartbreaking" because the tests, treatments, vaccines and public health measures to…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns Tigrayan relatives are ‘completely sealed off’ by civil war

Some people argue that the name is racist and disparages an entire continent. Others view it as offensive to gay men. And then there are those who fear it could lead to indiscriminate killing of monkeys, as happened in Brazil.