The coronavirus pandemic has rekindled a long-standing debate on whether viruses are a nation's property, and if countries are obliged to share biological samples and scientific data that are key to developing life-saving treatments and vaccines.
The malaria drug promoted by US President Donald Trump as a treatment for COVID-19 was ineffective in preventing infection in people exposed to the coronavirus, according to a widely anticipated clinical trial released on Wednesday.
The World Health Organization announced Wednesday that clinical trials of the drug hydroxychloroquine will resume as it searches for potential coronavirus treatments.
Brazil this month will start testing an experimental vaccine against the novel coronavirus being developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc, Brazil's health surveillance agency Anvisa and the Federal University of Sao Paulo (Unifesp) said.
China said 300 symptom less carriers of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic, had not been found to be infectious, in a bid to...
The head of the global vaccine alliance has warned "nobody is safe unless everybody is safe" from the new coronavirus, urging international solidarity ahead...
The first results from the world's largest randomized trial of drugs to treat COVID-19 patients could be available in early July, one of the scientists...
Masks and social distancing can help control the coronavirus but hand washing and other measures are still needed, a new analysis finds.
Every day Ammar Abu Shamalla adds a little colour to drab routine life in Gaza, loading up his camper van with pictures he displays and sells in the...
As bars across Europe gradually reopen, up to a million free or pre-paid beers are waiting to lure back wary consumers.
France is rolling out an official coronavirus contact-tracing app aimed at containing fresh outbreaks as lockdown restrictions gradually ease, becoming the...
In a cramped office in eastern Seoul, Hwang Seungwon points a remote control toward a huge NASA-like overhead screen stretching across one of the walls.
Spanish Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said Thursday that all restrictions to border crossings with France and Portugal will be lifted from June 22.
Turkey is planning to gradually resume flights with 40 countries in June and it has reached preliminary agreements for reciprocal flights to begin with 15...
French carmaker Renault said Friday it will cut 15,000 jobs worldwide as part of a 2 billion-euro ($2.2 billion) cost-cutting plan, as a brutal drop in...
Hyundai's hydrogen-powered 18-tonne trucks are set to hit the roads in Switzerland next month as the South Korean automaker looks to establish a case for its...
The World Health Organization (WHO) should have enough information in 24 hours to decide whether to continue suspending its trial of hydroxychloroquine for...
A claim by a leading Italian doctor that the new coronavirus "no longer exists" in the country sparked a furore Monday, with the government urging caution.
Gilead Sciences Inc said Monday its antiviral drug remdesivir showed improvement in patients with moderate COVID-19 in a late-stage study.
Banned in some countries, promoted in others -- the drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for the new coronavirus is dividing opinion worldwide.
Hassan N’Dam, former middleweight boxing champion of the world, wanted to repay the French hospital that cared for his father-in-law through his bout with...
Hula hoops, camouflage mats and tires aren't typical supplies needed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Moderna Inc has extended a deal to secure large volumes of the lipids used to produce its experimental COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. biotech looks to build...
A partial reopening of Danish schools did not lead to an increase in coronavirus infections among young students, a doctor of infectious disease epidemiology...
"It's a girl and she is fine, we all are fine," said Rayhona, 23. "They have shown her to me on a smartphone."
Imagine the body's instruction manual, the genome: here words are genes, letters are DNA, and the equivalent of typos can have disastrous consequences.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday promised a swift review of data on hydroxychloroquine, probably by mid-June, after safety concerns prompted the...
U.S. biotech company Novavax Inc has joined the race to test coronavirus vaccine candidates on humans and said it was targeting production of over a billion...
Maria Branyas was born in San Francisco, California, in 1907, the daughter of a Spanish journalist. Her family returned to Spain during World War I, where she...
An experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major study, shortening the time it takes for patients to recover by four days on...
Two pet cats in New York state have tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first confirmed cases in companion animals in the United States, federal...
The country has so far avoided a widespread outbreak, and new cases have dwindled from a peak of about 90 per day in early April to just five on Tuesday,...
A million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by British scientists are already being manufactured and will be available by September, even...