With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world. But there have been plenty of other illnesses to ...

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A new strain of avian influenza has been identified for the first time in the United States, raising concerns that the virus is transforming in a way that could eventually cause wider outbreaks ...

It was more than a month before the World Health Organization's March declaration of a global pandemic that introduced most other Canadians to concepts like masking and social distancing.

Eventually, two hypotheses emerged: Either the virus crossed over from animals to humans in a wet market in Wuhan—the city in which the disease first appeared—or it leaked from a Chinese lab ...

The 268-page report, commissioned by the UCP government, and produced by a 13-member task force, including some outspoken critics of public health measures used to control the pandemic ...

Gates' warnings come amid uncertainty regarding U.S. pandemic preparedness policies. Federal health agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control ...

For many, the pandemic wasn’t just a health crisis. It marked a turning point where government power grew, society became deeply divided and personal freedoms were stripped away. Australians ...

Bill Gates said the chance of another pandemic in the next four years, and the world's lack of preparedness for it, is a source of great concern. Newsweek has contacted the Gates Foundation ...

China said Monday it was "extremely unlikely" COVID-19 came from a laboratory, after the CIA said it believed the virus had more likely come from a lab rather than natural transmission.