A fundraising event convened by the European Union and billed as a show of global solidarity in the fight against Covid-19 instead showed just how political this public health crisis has become.
Toys have been drafted in the great-power competition between China and the United States.
To mask or not to mask?
Al fresco dining is about to make a comeback.
In 1743, a trading ship belonging to the Swedish East India Company set sail from the southwestern city of Gothenburg, on its way to China. It nearly returned more than two years later, but sank just 900 meters away from its home port.
As Europe enters a recession induced by the spread of the novel coronavirus, officials are bracing for another possible wave of takeovers and acquisitions by Chinese companies, much like they saw after the 2008 financial crisis.
It’s both a uniquely good and a uniquely bad time to be the World Health Organization (WHO).
The global fight against the novel coronavirus has sparked a whole lot of global infighting.
The world may be in the middle of an unprecedented crisis, but people are still having babies.
The spread of the novel coronavirus has helped anti-abortion activists in the US win victories—at least for now—that they have sought ever since the US Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that women have a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy.
In a sober address to the nation on Easter Monday, French president Emmanuel Macron did something unexpected: He set an end date for the the coronavirus-induced confinement period in France. From May 11 onward, he said, quarantine will be “gradually” lifted, starting with nurseries, K-12 schools, and some shops.
In a highly-unusual speech, the leader of the World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday appealed to the international community to stop politicizing the fight against the novel coronavirus—and then proceeded to politicize it even further.
British prime minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care after his Covid-19 symptoms worsened on Monday (April 6). He has received oxygen treatment at a hospital in London, but has not been put on a ventilator.
British prime minister Boris Johnson was admitted into the intensive care unit of St. Thomas’ Hospital in London late Monday (April 6) due to complications related to coronavirus, his office said in a statement.
It is a well-established fact that babies’ brains develop at warp speed in the first three years of life, laying critical cognitive, emotional, and social foundations. But what happens when a public health emergency like Covid-19 completely upends this time?
Depending on where in the world you are, you’ve probably been stuck at home for three weeks. You might have been laid off. Maybe you still have a job, but are juggling it against caring for children or elderly relatives. Or maybe you, or someone you know, has Covid-19.
The World Health Organization (WHO) had a plan for this. If only somebody had listened.
At the end of last year, it seemed like diplomatic relations between China and Czechia—formerly the Czech Republic—had hit rock bottom.
It happened last Friday around 8 pm. I was speaking with a group of friends on Houseparty—a call we had scheduled days in advance—when someone suggested that we all watch a movie together with the Netflix Party extension the following day. Would 6 pm work for everyone, she asked? Someone had a conflict with another watch party that evening, while another had a scheduled FaceTime call with a family friend. We settled on 4 pm.
During the Middle Ages, as the bubonic plague advanced across Europe, cities in Italy closed their ports, isolated plague victims, quarantined their families, and restricted the movements of all residents. These were extraordinary measures meant for extraordinary times—the Black Death killed more than 25 million Europeans in just four years.
Rhiannon Wilkie is 37 weeks pregnant, and due to give birth in the next few weeks. Under normal circumstances, pregnancy comes with its fair share of anxiety and stress—about how to handle things like childbirth, maternity leave, and childcare. But being pregnant during a pandemic, she says, is a whole other story.
Confusion over possible disruptions to Guinea’s broadband and telephone network has sparked anger as the country gears up for a controversial referendum this weekend (Mar. 22) that could allow president Alpha Condé to extend his time in office by another 12 years.
James is 3 years old and presents with chronic asthma, allergies, and eczema. Lola is five and overweight. Emma is 11 and struggles to focus on her homework, often gets into fights at school, and has trouble sleeping.
The first thing to know about Tanvi Misra’s wedding celebration is that she didn’t think she wanted one in the first place.
