The European Parliament vote was another sign of souring ties between the EU and China, already hit by a round of tit-for-tat sanctions over the rights issue that effectively blocked the ratification of a long-negotiated investment deal.

Scents of sage, lavender and cornflowers rise from the meadows of Albania, which has seen soaring overseas demand for medicinal herbs since the coronavirus pandemic. 

Utrecht University researchers performed swab tests on 310 pets from 196 households in which a person had been infected with COVID-19 within the last 200 days.

The upbeat assessment came as the World Health Organization warned that the coronavirus variant first spotted in India could fuel a new wave of cases in Europe.

The Biking Bandits, a Soweto-based cycling crew, hosted a "Homies Night Ride".

The "world-first" innovation involves a dentist fitting magnets and locking bolts to the patient's upper and lower molars, allowing the jaws to open only two millimetres.

Below are views from China's health experts about the effectiveness of home-grown vaccines against the Delta, which is becoming the globally dominant variant, and virus preventive measures China is taking.

The committee, hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will hear a risk-benefit analysis as researchers explore whether the shots can cause myocarditis, as well as cases of inflammation of the heart lining, pericarditis. 

In the second part of our story about childhood stunting in East Nusa Tenggara, we look at how infrastructure and training are critical to reducing the prevalence of stunting.

The handshake is making something of a comeback, thanks to vaccinations and the lifting of social restrictions.

The certificate will be paper-based rather than digital and will be issued by local governments from sometime next month, top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato told reporters.

Tofacitinib, taken orally and sold under the brand name Xeljanz among others, was tested in a trial of 289 patients hospitalized with severe Covid across 15 locations in Brazil.

On the other side of East Nusa Tenggara's breathtaking landscape is the far-reaching health condition of stunting, which affects one in three Indonesian children.

Emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts by teenage girls rose significantly last year compared to 2019.

A fat belly is linked to various diseases as it is the most harmful fat in your body.

The main coronavirus vaccination centre in the Japanese capital of Tokyo will begin booking shots for people under 65 from Saturday, media reported on Thursday, as it ramps up inoculation efforts before the 2020 Olympics open next month.

The pandemic has forced changes to every level of the drugs trade, from wholesale traffickers and smugglers to neighbourhood dealers.

Humanoid robot Grace is targeted to healthcare market and designed to interact with the elderly and those isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Thai taxi driver reassures clients by letting them know in three languages on the sign above his cab that he has been vaccinated.

Fifteen million people have received the COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia, but amid fears of stigma, personal information leaks and side effects, only a handful of people living with HIV/AIDS have joined that group. Some have shared their vaccination experiences with The Jakarta Post.

Incense burned gently in the corner of a sunlit room as South African traditional healer Makhosi Malatji fixed her smartphone into a tripod and reached for a small bag of divination bones.

Police have arrested 10 men for selling the liquor in sprawling Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state.

"Despite slightly diminished efficacy, the Pfizer vaccine probably protects" against the Indian variant, according to laboratory test results, said Olivier Schwartz, the institute's director and co-author of the study that was published on the BioRxiv website ahead of peer review.   

Thai police said on Sunday that they had arrested 62 men for breaching coronavirus restrictions in a raid on a gay "chemsex" party, the country's largest such crackdown during the pandemic.

The findings by a Yokohama City University research team suggest that people who were infected in the early days of the pandemic, particularly those who had mild or no symptoms, still need to be vaccinated to reduce the risk of being infected by variants from Britain, South Africa, Brazil and India.

The French on Wednesday joyfully made their way back to cafes, cinemas and museums as the country loosened restrictions in a return to semi-normality after more than six months of Covid-19 curbs.

Belgium will allow indoor drinking, dining and entertainment venues for audiences of up to 200 people to reopen from June 9.

The Marlboro maker announced in 2016 a long-term goal to stop selling cigarettes and replace them with alternatives that it says are less harmful -- but this is the first time it has given a clear deadline.

The participants underwent PCR tests two weeks after the March 27 event and "there is no sign that suggests transmission took place during the event," Josep Maria Llibre, a specialist in infectious diseases from the Germans Trias i Pujol hospital told a news conference.

Scientists said that while the research, which was based on data from a long-running survey, could not prove cause and effect, it did draw a link between sleep and dementia as people age.