Many experts say the appearance of the omicron variant showcases the need for COVID-19 vaccine equity in order to prevent additional new, unpredictable coronavirus variants.

AppHarvest, the tech-forward indoor vertical farming company that went public in February, released its first earnings report showing Q1 net sales of $2.3 million for its tomato harvest. The stock ($APPH) was up on the news, rising to...

More than half of the Canadian educators that responded to a CBC questionnaire said they are very concerned about catching COVID-19 at work, and 68 per cent said it should be required for staff at schools to be vaccinated. Nearly 9,500...

Group including US, Japan and UK say the study was delayed and scientists lacked full access to data, as the WHO chief calls for a deeper probe into lab leak theory.

Doctors Without Borders is urging rich countries to take steps to allow more coronavirus vaccines to be produced around the world, including in developing nations, without fear of reprisal. Intellectual property rights prevent countries...

Report expected to say first known infection not connected to seafood market where original cluster was identified.

A report says global military spending reached nearly $2 trillion last year.

COVID-19 hasn’t had the devastating impact on Uganda that many expected, but doctors say it wouldn’t take much of a spike to overwhelm the country’s hospitals that have only 55 intensive care beds for 42 million people.

Greece bets on a digital revolution to help a struggling economy through a pandemic recession.

Stocks closed higher Tuesday on the eve of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Officer at Fitz-Gerald Group, says 2021 has the potential to be 'one for the record books' and that this opportunity...

A group of international experts push back against the Great Barrington Declaration and its pursuit of COVID-19 herd immunity, calling it “a dangerous fallacy unsupported by scientific evidence.”

World-renowned infectious disease expert Dr. Gabriel Leung was among the first to predict the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic in January and he says the worst is far from over.

The battle over how Americans will vote has evolved into a partisan conflict.

The US planemaker's CEO says the company will be 'smaller for a while' due to the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. President Donald Trump has suspended funding to the World Health Organization after criticizing its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump says the organization must be held accountable because it failed to carry out its "basic...

Wisconsin voters on Tuesday gathered by the thousands to cast their ballots during a deadly global pandemic.

Domestic abuse soars globally since lockdown

The Chinese city of Wuhan, once the epicentre of the outbreak, has eased restrictions this week.

A month after WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, Al Jazeera visits ‘wet’ markets, whose trade is blamed for the outbreak.

Google and Apple are developing an alert to let people know if they have come in contact with someone who is infected.

Al Jazeera's cameraman was stuck in Wuhan for 70 days. He tells the story of his journey back to Beijing.

Health Minister Patty Hajdu and Canada’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Theresa Tam explain the possibility of future waves of COVID-19 and say it will take a global effort to end the pandemic.

Long lines, National Guard troops await voters participating in statewide elections derided as 'dangerous'

Death of 563 patients in a day brings total number of COVID-19 deaths to 2,352.