South Africa

South African economic activity has rebounded quicker than expected, but the country is racing to roll out Covid-19 vaccines as a third wave looms.

Maya Horgan Famodu has become a trailblazer in Africa’s venture capital industry, but her path to success hasn’t been straightforward. 

Vaccinations are ramping up, but coronavirus mutations are spreading. Experts weigh in on whether herd immunity is possible.

The unfolding Covid tragedy has laid bare the deep-rooted problems plaguing India’s public health system after decades of neglect and underinvestment. 

Global leaders have jointly called for a pandemic treaty, although the U.S. and China are missing from the list.

Companies are working on developing vaccines so they can handle emerging variants of COVID. Here’s how the approaches differ.

U.K. health officials are anxious to trace one of six individuals infected with a more contagious variant of the coronavirus, initially identified in Brazil.

It was tipped as the most crucial budget statement in the history of a democratic South Africa.

Cuomo said on Sunday that a Covid-19 variant first identified in South Africa has reached New York.

The first case of the more contagious South African coronavirus variant has been detected in Massachusetts, health officials said Tuesday. The woman found to have the variant of the virus, B.1.351, lives in Middlesex County and reported no travel, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

The first case of the more contagious South African coronavirus variant has been detected in Massachusetts, health officials said Tuesday. The woman found to have the variant of the virus, B.1.351, lives in Middlesex County and reported no travel, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Ashley Judd “shattered” her leg in four places while in the Congo, she revealed during an Instagram Live with The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof.

The blue-chip Dow and the S&P 500 have risen for six days straight, marking their longest winning streak since August.

Drugmaker AstraZeneca is racing to adapt its Covid-19 vaccine in the face of new variants of the virus.

President Joe Biden has reinstated COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders

The identification of a new Covid variant comes as countries scramble to contain two other contagious strains that have emerged in the U.K. and South Africa.

A new variant of the coronavirus identified in South Africa is more of a risk than the mutation found in the U.K., according to Britain’s health minister.

Researchers are concerned about reports from Britain and South Africa of new coronavirus strains that seem to spread more easily.

The report that U.S. President Donald Trump made crude, disparaging remarks about Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning former leader, has drawn an angry response from South Africa’s ruling party and others. According to a book written by Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal lawyer, Trump said that Mandela, who guided South Africa in its politically fraught transition from...

Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South African anti-apartheid figures Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has died aged 59