A new strain of the COVID-19 virus has been spreading in France. Here is some of what we know so far about the variant unofficially called IHU.Check out The China Report our new wee
The remains of Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, known as the "father of hybrid rice," was laid to rest Monday in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province. Th
02:44 While the Delta variant of COVID-19 spreads across the U.S., there are growing fears of the Lambda variant, which is showing up in parts of South America. Health experts say it co
02:33 The Delta variant is expected to become the dominant coronavirus strain across the United States. States are making a big push to vaccinate hesitant Americans.Check outThe China R
00:36 Health authorities in Brazil have identified a new COVID-19 variant.Called P.1.2, it's a variant of the hyper contagious strain originally found in Manaus, the capital of Brazil's
02:27 The U.S. has formally recognized the early 20th century deaths of Armenians as genocide.It's something that has long been sought by Armenia - and resisted by Turkey, a key U.S. al
The Philippines will reimpose stricter quarantine measures in the capital Manila and nearby provinces, a senior official said on Saturday, as the country battles to con
02:32 The U.K. isn't the only country grappling with a new COVID-19 variant. In the Brazilian city of Manaus, officials are dealing with a surge in cases and a new strain of the virus.
The Omani health ministry on Wednesday reported the first case of a new coronavirus strain first detected in the UK. The individual is a foreigner with permanent residency who recently arrived from B
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) has succeeded in isolating and culturing the novel coronavirus strain collected from cases related to Xinfadi market in Beijing.
Huoshenshan(Fire God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 2, 2020. China has built a makeshift hospital in 10 days to battle against the n
A makeshift hospital replicating Beijing's SARS treatment model is ready to join in battle against novel strain of coronavirus in Wuhan. Some 1,400 military medics are
South Korea and Japan have stepped up mass culls of poultry stocks to contain a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza amid fears of a regional outbreak.
The Zika virus has undergone "significant" genetic changes since it was first discovered in 1947, according to a study published Friday by U.S. and Chinese researchers that traced how a relatively unknown pathogen led to the current fast-spreading outbreak in the Americas.
At least 33 people were killed in an outbreak of H1N1 in Iran over the past three weeks, an Iranian health official said here on Monday.
The Ebola virus circulating in West Africa for the past year, deadly as it is, is not showing any evidence of being more dangerous than the first one that emerged in 1976, according to a U.S. study published Tuesday.
China has rejected 12 batches of U.S. corn shipments tainted with a genetically-modified (GM) strain not approved by the country's agriculture ministry, its leading quality supervisor said on Friday.