India’s Kerala state on alert
Health authorities in the Indian state of Kerala have declared a state of alert in all districts after identifying 15 cases of Zika virus.
Kerala...
Bangladesh has extended its lockdown
Bangladesh has reported 11,525 COVID-19 cases, the highest in a day since the start of the pandemic, as authorities fear a crisis of medical...
The Australian city of Sydney has recorded its highest daily rise...
The New South Wales state government reported 38 cases in its capital on Thursday, pushing the case number of this Delta outbreak over 370.
Authorities...
A New type of ancient human has been discovered in Israel,...
Our Homo sapiens species would have lived alongside the previously unknown ancient humans 120,000 years ago.
Experts found fragments of ancient skull, jaw bones and...
India declared a new coronavirus variant to be of concern
India on Tuesday declared a new coronavirus variant to be of concern, and said nearly two dozen cases had been detected in three states.
The...
Ethiopians are voting in key elections amid rising tensions and a...
This pandemic-delayed poll is Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's first electoral test since coming to power in 2018.
He hopes to secure a popular mandate by...
Children aged 12-17 unlikely to be offered the vaccine
A decision to vaccinate all 12 to 17-year-old children against Covid is unlikely to be recommended by UK vaccine experts imminently, the BBC has...
U.S COVID deaths cross 600,000 milestone
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed more lives in the United States than in any other country in the world.
The United States has crossed the...
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has insisted he does not expect any...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed on Monday that measures would remain in place until 19 July because of the rapid spread of the Delta...
A woman gives birth to 10 babies
A South African woman has reportedly given birth to 10 babies in what would be a new world record.
Gosiame Thamara Sithole's husband says they...
