South Korea will lift almost all social distancing measures, citing a dramatic fall in reported cases of Covid-19 after an Omicron-fuelled surge.

Previous research has indicated that COVID raises the risk of blood clots, but the new study in the BMJ medical journal shows how long the threat can linger

Fullerton Health Indonesia has opened its first Executive Health Screening (EHS) Centre in Jakarta, located at Mandiri Inhealth Tower, Mega Kuningan. The facility offers comprehensive health assessments tailored for both individual and corporate clients.

Practitioners of “applied kinesiology” claim it allows the body to speak about its traumas and memories. Medical experts call it a pseudoscience, but some Indonesians swear by it.

Nearly all of Shanghai's 25 million residents were under stay-at-home orders on Saturday, as parents raised fears of being separated from their children in the event of a positive Covid-19 test.

Syaiful Arifin loved football as a child but feared his playing days were over when he lost his left leg aged 12 after falling off a train. Now 38, he is back on the field after helping to form Surabaya amputee football club, or PERSAS. 

The country's largest healthcare provider, Clalit Health Services, said the 40-day study included more than half a million people aged 60 to 100.

Consuming artificial sweetener could increase the risk of developing cancer, a large-scale study suggested Thursday, but experts not involved in the research said it was not enough proof to consider changing current health advice.

The research assessed 270 health care workers at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv who received a second booster shot of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, four months after initially getting three Pfizer shots. 

Because there have been so few confirmed cases, it is too soon to know whether Deltacron infections will be very transmissible or cause severe disease, said Philippe Colson of IHU Mediterranee Infection in Marseille, France, lead author of a report posted last week on medRxiv ahead of peer review.

Can a major problem like mental health be treated through a screen? 

Helen McLaughlin says she was suffering so much that she would burn herself with a hot bottle "just because that was a nicer pain than the one that I was in".

The decline in inoculation rates, largely due to a rise in misinformation, has experts bracing for an imminent measles outbreak in Montenegro and its nearby Balkan neighbours.

Missed appointments, blurry conversations and memory loss — brain fog has left some COVID-19 survivors scrambling to return to normal life. 

New Zealanders stranded overseas by the pandemic returned home Monday as the country began dismantling some of the world's toughest Covid-related border restrictions.

Dogs are deeply affected by the deaths of canine companions, eating, playing less and seeking attention more following a loss, a large scientific study showed on Thursday.

The orthopedic team at Eka Hospital’s Gatam Institute Orthopedic and Spine has handled more than 1,000 cases of spinal surgery in the last 8 months, which is a huge achievement.

Egg freezing is no longer a concept associated with science fiction and has grown in popularity in the three decades since it was first discovered.

Clinical psychologists share tips following a rise in demand for mental health services, as many Indonesians suffer from depression, anxiety and other issues as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Based on a sample of people from various countries, "we are not seeing a difference in severity of BA.1 compared to BA.2," Maria Van Kerkhove, a senior WHO official, said in an online question and answer session.

With home-visit services, midwives offer a comfortable and budget-friendly postpartum recovery for mothers.

As people seek to fortify themselves against COVID-19, some have turned to traditional herbal foods.

Hong Kong's leader said she would not impose a mainland China-style hard lockdown as the city faces its worst coronavirus wave to date.

An Obama-era sex education program that was criticized by conservatives succeeded in reducing teen birth rates in parts of the US that implemented it, a large study said Monday.

Despite the looming threat of the Omicron variant, Indonesians are becoming less vigilant and eschewing lockdowns. Why?

Celebrity couple Asmirandah (right) and Jonas Rivanno, are undergoing the frozen embryo transfer (FET) program at Morula IVF Jakarta to expand their family.

Blood and some nasal swab samples from 131 deer captured on New York's Staten Island revealed that nearly 15 percent had virus antibodies. The finding suggested that the animals had previous coronavirus infections and were vulnerable to repeated reinfections with new variants, researchers led by Pennsylvania State University scientists said.

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are widely considered the most accurate and sensitive for the virus that causes COVID-19, but they usually take several hours.

A breakthrough new spinal cord implant sends electrical pulses to muscles, mimicking the action of the brain, and could one day help people with severe spinal injuries stand, walk and exercise.

Sub-variant BA.2 -- also called "stealth Omicron" -- was detected earlier this year and has displaced the first Omicron variant, known as BA.1, as the dominant strain in Denmark.

A decision is expected as soon as this month.