Disease that has infected more than 4.2 million people worldwide, killing nearly 300,000, may, like HIV, become endemic and a part of the fabric of daily life

Reopening of national network shuttered to prevent spread of COVID-19 will not extend to all lines or stations; passengers will be required to undergo temperature checks

UN agency's director-general calls for additional research funding to accelerate development and to make sure everyone who needs has access to inoculation

Pilot program to take place in badly hit city ahead of widespread blood tests amid concerns of a second wave of coronavirus infections

Health Ministry reports 63 new infections over previous 24 hours taking total to 16,409; 77 people in serious condition, 64 of whom are on ventilators; over 11,000 have recovered

Health Ministry figures continue to point to a country rapidly recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic; one new death announced, bringing toll to 240

Vote on parliament pushed from May to July 19 as Assad warns of 'catastrophe' if war-battered country lifts lockdown measures

Health Ministry figures point to a country rapidly recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, even as experts warn of a possible second wave

COVID-19 crisis draws attention to vital role of expatriate workers in Arab Gulf countries, even as they are scapegoated as a source of infection

Ultra-Orthodox Jews receive harsher punishments for sins than secular Jews, Gershon Edelstein says in latest attempt to blame pandemic on anything but science