World Health Assembly’s special session to contemplate developing new accord on emergency preparedness

Festive holiday turns series of tragedies as another 5-year-old in Atlanta, man in Philadelphia die in gun incidents

Tensions increasing as recent polls suggest support of Eric Zemmour beginning to wane

New South Wales’ health authority confirms it after conducting urgent genomic testing

She faces 3 years in jail if found guilty of incitement against military

Traveller, family in good health; further testing to determine if they’ve been infected with Omicron strain

Dutch health authorities find 61 travellers Covid-19-positive, suspect new strain as flights arrived from South Africa

Tensions between Beijing, Washington soar over fate of democratic self-ruled island

Late president Chun Doo-hwan notably mired in court battles during final years

There are fears Omicron variant may be more transmissible

It was set to make progress towards a deal on lifting vaccine patents 

Joe Phaahla calls on countries to work together instead of trying to blame others

Preliminary report confirms drug’s effectiveness in patients at risk of hospitalisation, among others