Many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the poorest are not and a significant number are seeing their conditions deteriorate, the U.N. Development Program said Wednesday. Read more
Managers said tens of thousands of appointments and operations will be postponed because of the walkout across England by junior doctors, those in the first years of their careers. The doctors, who form the backbone of hospital and clinic care, plan to stay off the job until 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Read more
The ministry called on local authorities to open more fever clinics and promote vaccinations among children and the elderly as the country grapples with a wave of respiratory illnesses in its first full winter since the removal of COVID-19 restrictions. Read more
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced the change at a briefing in Beijing on Monday. Read more
Free from grueling COVID restrictions at last, Chinese travelers are seizing the moment. Read more
Although other countries have long settled into such a pattern, it is a shift for China. Read more
In the agonies of the virus that upended most of the world, millions of people from Bogota to Berlin saw what life could be like on two wheels instead of four. Read more
Real gross domestic product, which measures the sum value of a nation’s products and services, grew 0.4% in January-March on-quarter. Read more
health authorities will also lift mask mandates in pharmacies and small clinics but will continue require mask wearing in medical venues with high infection risks. Read more
Stay in touch with top news, as it happens, conveniently in your email inbox. It's FREE!
The rule announced today is part of new measures meant to crack down on illegal border crossings while creating new legal pathways. Read more
The company said today that it expects to trim next year’s costs for research and development as well as selling, general and administrative expenses by about 40% to 50% compared to 2022. Read more
The announcement offers a coda to a pandemic that stirred fear and suspicion, hand-wringing and finger-pointing across the globe. Read more
It was unclear what use would be made of the vaccine, named “Patria” or “Motherland,” developed in a joint effort between the government and a Mexican company, Avimex. Read more
Fang Bin and other members of the public who were dubbed citizen journalists posted details of the pandemic in early 2020 on the internet and social media, embarrassing Chinese officials who faced criticism for failing to control the outbreak. Read more
President Andes Manuel Lopez Obrador, 69, said he had tested negative after his third bout of the coronavirus. Read more
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said his doctors had been concerned enough to administer a liter of rehydration fluids Read more
Notices by Chinese embassies overseas said that travelers arriving in China would still need to fill out a health declaration form. Read more
China’s censorship campaign has targeted international journals and scientific databases, shaking the foundations of shared scientific knowledge, a New York Times investigation found. Read more
The World Health Organization is keeping an eye on a new COVID-19 variant — the omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, known as “Arcturus.” Read more
Many people are struggling to even book a plane ticket, stymied by high prices and a lack of direct flights. Read more
The director of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shen Hongbing, called the WHO comments “offensive and disrespectful.” Read more
