April 1918. As Europe plunged into WWI, an extremely virulent flu swept across every continent. Wrongly called ‘Spanish Flu,’ it raged for two years, causing...

More than 18,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 78 countries and the WHO says the outbreak represents a "public health emergency of international concern."

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its highest-level alert for monkeypox as the viral infection continues to spread across the globe. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the disease is now a “public health emergency of interna...

After requiring residents to stay home for more than two months, China's commercial hub of Shanghai officially ended its lockdown on June 1, 2021, giving free rein to 2.67 million businesses, from corner shops to multinational manufacturers, to resume ope...