Malaysia declares virus emergency, sparking anger
Malaysia’s king declared a nationwide state of emergency Tuesday to fight a coronavirus surge that is overwhelming hospitals, but critics
Read more
Japan says working to isolate, analyse new virus variant
Japan is working to isolate and analyse a new variant of the coronavirus detected in four people who arrived from
Read more
Brisbane lifts virus lockdown after city finds zero cases
Australia’s third-largest city lifted stay-at-home orders Monday, after mass testing and tracing across Brisbane found no new coronavirus cases despite
Read more
Britain to roll out AstraZeneca shots as virus vaccinations gather pace
Britain was on Monday set to begin a mass rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, the cheap and easy to
Read more
Asian tiger mosquito poses low risk for Zika virus outbreaks
The Asian tiger mosquito does not pose a major risk for Zika virus epidemics, according to a study published December
Read more
Russia sets records for virus cases, deaths
Russia on Thursday registered record numbers for daily infections and deaths from the coronavirus, as the country avoids reimposing a
Read more
EU scrambles to tackle holiday season chaos as new virus strain spreads
Europe scrambled Monday to thrash out a coordinated response to a new strain of the coronavirus which has prompted an
Read more
Existing antihistamine drugs show effectiveness against COVID-19 virus in cell testing
Three common antihistamine medications have been found in preliminary tests to inhibit infection of cells by the coronavirus that causes
Read more
Citing low virus rates in schools, NYC again reopens schools
It’s back to school again for some New York City schoolchildren, weeks after the schools were closed to in-person learning
Read more
US colleges mull new virus protocols for students’ return
St. Michael’s College managed to keep coronavirus cases at bay for almost two months this fall with students tested upon
Read more