Dozens of Pakistani doctors and nurses have launched a hunger strike demanding adequate protective equipment for frontline staff treating coronavirus patients, the lead organiser of the protest said Saturday. Health workers have complained for weeks that the country's hospitals are...

A team of volunteers in Syria have cobbled together prototypes of a ventilator and a testing machine - homemade equipment to fight the new coronavirus if it hits the last rebel stronghold, where hospitals lie in ruins after nine years of war. The group of 12, mainly technicians and...

Countries in Europe and elsewhere should allow refugee health professionals to participate in the response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the European Council and the United Nations said Tuesday. "Refugees with proven professional competencies are ready to step in and contribute if...

As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machines when they can. The reason: Some hospitals have reported unusually high death rates for coronavirus patients on ventilators, and...