France entered its second lockdown Friday in a bid to stem the resurgent coronavirus pandemic with residents only allowed to leave their homes for food shopping, medical appointments, pressing family ...

COVID-19 infection appears to cause women's blood vessels to age prematurely, potentially increasing their risk of heart disease, a new study says. Women infected with COVID-19 experienced about five ...

French health authorities are warning about a new Covid-19 strain, informally dubbed the 'Frankenstein' variant and officially known as Stratus (XFG). The variant has spread steadily since late summer ...

A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has revived bitter memories of when Covid-19 first emerged, but health experts have emphasised the two viruses are very different -- and have sought to ...

France’s economy unexpectedly shrank at the start of the year, raising concerns over its resilience to the fallout from the Iran war.