This year's meeting will be held in Honiara in September. The World Bank has committed US$7m in new grants to support Tuvalu's financial management of and resilience to climate-related disasters.

As virus experts, we’re committed to research that uncovers pandemic threats and helps protect people from them. But we are concerned about how some scientists are experimenting with viruses in ...

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu travelled 6,600 kilometres over the sea to Kerguelen Island, which is just 440km from ...

The virus, HKU5-CoV-2, does not enter human cells as readily as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, the scientists reported in the journal Cell. However, they found that the bat virus uses the same ...

Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China said they discovered a new coronavirus in bats that enters cells using the same gateway as the virus that causes Covid-19. This virus hasn ...

The Wyoming State Health Department said a Platte County woman tested positive for the H5N1 influenza on Friday, becoming the first human to contract the virus in the state’s history.

Zydus Lifesciences on Wednesday (February 26, 2025) said it is introducing a vaccine for protection against new strain of influenza virus. “The company is introducing country’s first flu ...

A patient infected with measles may have spread the highly contagious virus to others at Englewood Hospital's emergency department this week, health officials said Friday. Anyone at the emergency ...

The virus is highly contagious, infecting the stomach and intestines and causing vomiting and diarrhoea. Most people recover within a few days, but very young and older people are especially at ...

There is no reason to believe the virus poses a threat to public health at the moment and no infections have been detected in humans, according to the federal health agency. "CDC is aware of a ...

SYDNEY, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Australia and Papua New Guinea said on Thursday they would begin talks on a full defence treaty between the two countries. Australia and Papua New Guinea already have a ...