FILE PHOTO: A nurse administers a polio vaccination during a polio and measles vaccination program for newborn children. /Getty Images Angola on Friday kicked off a mass vaccination campaign t
The world's leading chief financial officers hold a more positive outlook of the Chinese economy than they do for the U.S. economy for the second straight quarter, according to the latest Q4 CNBC Glo
Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide have exceeded 65 million, with over 1.5 million fatalities and more than 42 million recoveries, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University.Here is the lates
01:57 With COVID-19 vaccines on the horizon, the United Nations is working with countries and vaccine developers to ensure that doses reach everyone in need, especially in vulnerable p
VCG Image The Mozambican government has a plan for the acquisition, monitoring and administration of six million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for 20 percent of the population, the country's Minis
The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus /Photo by James Chau The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom on Friday called upon governments t
Moderna said on Thursday it expects to have between 100 million and 125 million doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine available globally in the first quarter of 2021.The company said 85 milli
01:35 The UK may have scored a world first for approval and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, but the U.S. isn't far behind.Drugmaker Pfizer plans to distribute the first batches of
VCG Image Hackers have targeted the COVID-19 supply chain, but it is "unclear" if the attempts were successful, IBM said on Thursday.The warning comes just a day after the U.K. became the firs
The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus /Photo by James Chau The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom has hailed as "incredible" the deve
As much as 600 liters of China's novel coronavirus vaccine arrived in Brazil on Thursday.This is the second batch of China's vaccine sent to the country, after the first 120,000 doses arrived two wee
02:33 In the U.S., new records in the number of people hospitalized withCOVID-19, and there's no relief in sight, the number of new infectionsrising againafter a holiday dip.The surge
Thailand's constitutional court ruled on Wednesday that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha was "not guilty" of a conflict of interest for staying in an army residence after retiring. The ruling meant t
Britain said on Wednesday it has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine for use and it will be rolled out from next week."The government has today accepted the recommendation from the independent Med
00:41 A giant set of Olympic rings returned to Tokyo's waterfront after maintenance, with officials hoping the symbol will help build enthusiasm for the COVID-19-postponed Games. Promi
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday responded to report that Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and his family had been gi
On Tuesday, Germany's BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer said they had applied for EU regulatory approval for their COVID-19 vaccine, raising hopes that the first jabs could be administered in Dece