The 190-country lending agency predicts the global economy will expand 4.4% in 2022, down from the 4.9% it was forecasting just a few months ago

Officials tracking rise in cases abroad of rare condition that follows recovery from COVID-19 in children, with children set to be exempted from quarantine starting Thursday

CEO Albert Bourla has said pharmaceutical giant could be ready to file for regulatory approval of tweaked dose by March

Advisory panel recommends second booster when five months have passed since third shot or recovery; move pending approval by Health Ministry chief

Eran Segal says medications, vaccines, natural immunity will help wipe out the coronavirus, 'at least as the pandemic we have come to know in the past 2 years'

Virus cases have passed half a million and are about to peak, but all indications are that the number of seriously ill patients is small enough to avoid health system crisis

Despite optimism, UN health agency's chief warns conditions are still ideal for deadlier variants to emerge; urges countries to ensure equitable access to vaccines and treatment

Eran Segal warns of tough days ahead, as new serious rise even when total infections fall; minister, deputy minister test positive

Panel says Omicron's high transmissibility makes certificate irrelevant; warns quality of care at hospitals will go down due to influx of patients

Regional director cautions that despite hopes variant will make COVID-19 a more manageable endemic illness, pathogen can still mutate