Early Tragedy Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus was born on Wednesday March 3, 1965 in Asmara, Eritrea. The moment he remembers most from his childhood is when he saw his brother…

The number of confirmed coronavirus infections worldwide topped 600,000 on Saturday as new cases stacked up quickly in Europe and the United States and officials dug in for a long fight against the…

*Asked for help, Russia sends top military to Italy * NATO efforts less visible; EU divisions exposed Russia's military planeloads of aid to Italy to combat the spread of coronavirus have exposed…

Busy cities around the world have been deserted, as many countries go on lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus. An aerial view shows an empty white-tiled area…

With masks, ventilators and political goodwill in desperately short supply, more than one-fifth of the world’s population was ordered or urged to stay in their homes Monday at the start of what could…

As the novel coronavirus sweepsIran, the government’s response has been opaque and remarkably deficient, favoring political and religious priorities over pragmatic prevention policies. When the virus…

As the new coronavirus spreads around the world, causing markets to plunge and analysts to slash growth projections, the epidemic’s potential to damage the global economy is rapidly becoming clear…

The coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic, theWorld Health Organizationdeclared, urging governments to step up containment efforts as the number of worldwide cases topped 120,000 and deaths exceeded…