An announcement by Russia on Tuesday that it will approve a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing prompted alarm among global health experts, who said that with no full trial…

Rarely has the fate of many millions of people rested on an international competition like the one for a Covid-19 vaccine - the only sure escape route from the pandemic that can put an end to the …

As the Chinese government has set out to harness the growing strength of the Chinese technology sector to bolster its military, policymakers inthe United Stateshave reacted with mounting alarm.U.S…

If there is broad bipartisan agreement on anything inWashingtontoday, it is thatthe United Stateshas become dangerously dependent on Chinese production. N-95 masks, essential drugs, components for…

Trumpadministration officials have compared the global allocation of vaccines against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 to oxygen masks dropping inside a depressurizing airplane. "You put on your…

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer on Wednesday defended his company’s practices as it faces increasing pressure from the U.S. government, competitors and its creators over the app’s ties to China. …

As the world grapples with COVID-19, another pandemic has gone mostly unnoticed. Each year, 700,000 people — including as many as 160,000 Americans — lose their lives to antibiotic-resistant…

Political systems matter a great deal when it comes to disaster response. In general, democracies are better than autocracies at managing early warning systems: it is harder to suppress reports of an…

Recovering from COVID-19 may not offer much protection from future infections, particularly for those with only a mild case, researchers said in the New England Journal of Medicine. The…

Major crises have major consequences, usually unforeseen. The Great Depression spurred isolationism, nationalism, fascism, and World War II—but also led to the New Deal, the rise ofthe United…