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...

As the globally prominent BA.5 variant of the coronavirus continues to drive a surge in Covid-19 cases in many countries, a new sub-lineage known as BA.2.75 is also on the rise, particularly in India. Although health experts are not yet sure if the mutati...

New modelling underscores country’s vulnerability because of faltering vaccination drive