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Using artificial intelligence (AI), scientists from McMaster University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a new antibiotic that has the power to kill a deadly superbug. This superbug, known as Acinetobacter baumannii, is considered a serious threat by...

Repeat COVID-19 infections could be deadly or lead to severe health consequences including organ failure, a new study has revealed. Research conducted by Washington University's School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System found that people...

Greek health authorities are on alert following a mysterious spike in cases of acute hepatitis in children around Europe. Cases of the illness that causes liver inflammation have been recorded in the UK, where authorities have been investigating 74 cases...

Another new Covid variant nicknamed "IHU" was identified in France in November around the same time as Omicron -- but the World Health Organization believes it is not a threat. Abdi Mahamud, a WHO incident manager, said that the variant...

The name of "Omicron," which the World Health Organization chose for the new COVID-19 mutation has citizens around the world perplexed over the decision. The organization has now officially named the variant that was first dubbed the "Botswana variant," since it...

The World Health Organization's Regional Director for Europe, Dr. Hans Kluge, said on Tuesday that the continent is facing a grim outlook for the future of the Covid-19 pandemic. WHO Europe expects 700,000 more people to die from coronavirus across...

WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for a moratorium on vaccine booster shots until at least the end of September.

WHO decided to use letters from the Greek alphabet for the Covid variants in a bid to simplify discussion while avoiding stigma.

On Wednesday, Germany and the World Health Organization announced a new hub in Berlin for monitoring data on future health risks.

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, lockdowns have been used by governments all over the globe to try to control the spread of the virus. Implementing draconian rulings which forbid citizens from stepping foot outside their door unless armed...