Communist Party leaders praise themselves for largely curbing spread of COVID-19, whose origins they have sought to cast doubt on since it emerged last December in Wuhan

UN effort to get vaccines to poor countries hopes to get supplies by early next year; rich countries have reserved 9 out of 12 billion doses expected to be manufactured in 2021

Itamar Grotto, whose term ends this month, also criticizes government policy seeking to ban visits to other people's homes during Hanukkah

UN-backed initiative Covax is set to provide 20% of Palestinians' inoculations for free, but the timeline is uncertain -- and the rest of the needed shots are up in the air

UN organization claims the medicine, which has received approval as a coronavirus treatment from several health agencies, has 'no important effect' on improving survival chances

Cuomo says schools could move to online teaching after weekend; head of health body's immunization department warns misinformation could hamper vaccine's effectiveness

UN Watch slams global health agency for holding 4-hour session on the Jewish state 'at the expense of focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic'

After Denmark warns mutation of virus could undermine effectiveness of vaccine, UN health agency says strain has 'moderately decreased sensitivity to neutralizing antibodies'

Top official cautions that countries' impulse to vaccinate own citizens before those in poorer countries will only prolong pandemic

6-month trial finds drug used to treat Trump, listed as standard care in US, had 'little or no effect' on if patients die within a month or whether hospitalized patients recovered