The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about why the common cold will be classified as ...

A cluster of measles cases linked to a hospital in central Taiwan was reported last month, and total cases reached 19 as of Friday. As measles is a highly contagious and notifiable disease, confirmed ...

Japan reports a record-breaking surge in influenza cases, with 317,812 patients recorded in late December 2024, marking the highest levels since 1999. The Ministry of Health attributes the spike to ...

International media reports have said hospitals are being ‘overwhelmed’ by cases, but medical staff say that is not the case ...

Japan's health ministry reports a record-high number of influenza cases, with 64.39 patients per clinic on average in late ...

In Japan, you’d have to say yes. AFP reports that the country saw its biggest flu outbreak in 25 years at the end of December ...

In the week through Dec. 29, the total number of reported flu cases was nearly three times the number from the same period in ...

The world economy resisted battering by conflicts and inflation last year and is expected to grow a subdued 2.8% in 2025, the United Nations said Thursday.

By bno - Tokyo bureau Japan has seen a dramatic spike in flu cases, reaching the highest levels since record-keeping began in ...

Influenza is affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Japan and rising rapidly among that nation's population of 124.5 ...

TOKYO — Japan experienced in the last week of December its biggest influenza outbreak since comparable data became available ...