The new coronavirus subvariant EG.5 is gaining more attention from public health experts and organizations worldwide as it becomes predominant everywhere.According to WHO, more than 1 million new COVID-19 cases were reported globally in the 28 days t...

By AFPVaccine skeptics blocking transfusions for life-saving surgeries, Facebook groups inciting violence against doctors and a global search for unvaccinated donors -- Covid-19 misinformation has bred a so-called "pure blood" movement.The movement s...

By AFPNew Zealand authorities on Tuesday launched a battle for custody of an infant whose parents are blocking life-saving surgery because blood donors may have been vaccinated against Covid-19.The New Zealand health authority took the bid for emerge...

Egypt’s Al-Azhar has warned against fatwas prohibiting the polio vaccination in Pakistan, stressing that vaccination is a religious, medical and humanitarian duty.Al-Azhar, one of the world’s most prominent Islamic entities, said in a tweet that this...

By AFPThe European Commission has approved a smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox after the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency, the Danish drugmaker that developed the jab said on Monday."The European Commiss...