Coronavirus

Doctors check X-rays of a tuberculosis patient in Hanoi. TB is one of at least 13 diseases that are surging beyond pre-pandemic levels in some places around the world.Photographer: Photo: Nhac Nguyen/AFP
Coronavirus chronicle

Yes, everyone really is sick a lot more often after covid

The post-Covid global surge of illnesses — viral and bacterial, common and historically rare — is a mystery that researchers and scientists are still trying to definitively explain. The way Covid...

A healthcare worker inoculates Encarnacion Tan Suan, 86, at a vaccination center in San Juan City, Metro Manila, amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the Philippines. Photo: REUTERS/Peter Blaza. Illustration: John Emerson
Coronavirus chronicle

Pentagon's secret anti-vax campaign against China during the pandemic

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Health

Bangladesh reports one Covid-19 death, 37 positive cases

A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Health

3rd, 4th doses of Covid-19 vaccination underway

FILE PHOTO: A man pushes a woman in wheelchair past a poster with a graphic of medical workers at a nucleic acid testing booth for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) , in Beijing, China October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
Health

WHO warns Covid still a threat

A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Health

Bangladesh plans to restart Covid-19 vaccination if infections surge

FILE PHOTO: Relatives and neighbours attend the funeral of a woman surnamed Liu, as coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak continues, at a village in Tonglu county, Zhejiang province, China, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song
Coronavirus chronicle

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic

A nurse prepares a shot for Jonathan Halter as the German embassy begins its roll out of BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for German expatriates at a Beijing United Family hospital in Beijing, China January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid remains a public health emergency, says WHO

FILE PHOTO: Beds are seen in a fever clinic that was set up in a sports area as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Beijing, December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Coronavirus chronicle

Potential China wave is 'wild card' for ending Covid emergency: WHO advisors

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing on global health issues, including COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Coronavirus chronicle

WHO chief hopes Covid will no longer be emergency next year

Rameen Shakur. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

The Prof Writes: Covid-19 - The one that got away from us

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Coronavirus chronicle

Long Covid remains a mystery, though theories are emerging

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen tests Covid positive
South Asia

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen tests Covid positive