Nearly 337 million life years were lost in the two first years of the Covid-19 pandemic, as millions of people died prematurely, the World Health Organization said on Friday.The UN health agency's annual world statistics report also showed a swelling...

By AFPAll countries remain "dangerously unprepared" for the next pandemic, the Red Cross warned on Monday, saying future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely climate-related disasters.Despite three "brutal" years of the Covid-19...

The world is celebrating the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, which falls on December 27 each year, when governments and relevant organizations carry out educational programs with the aim of highlighting the importance of preventing the sp...

A spiral of worker strikes in Europe's crucial aviation sector and cancelled flights at a time when millions of travellers are looking to escape for the summer, threaten the sector's tentative recovery.Airports and airlines are buckling under the pre...