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End is in sight for pandemic —WHO chief

The number of newly reported COVID-19 cases have dropped dramatically, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, urging the world to seize the opportunity to...

WHO sees more COVID patients, deaths in winter

An increase in global hospitalization and deaths from COVID-19 in the coming months is “reasonable to expect,” a World Health Organization (WHO) official said. In...

WHO triggers highest alert on monkeypox

The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 17,000 people in 74 countries, to be a global health...

Tedros: From ‘child of war’ to WHO chief

Geneva—Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the first African to head the World Health Organization, was re-elected on Tuesday, tearfully accepting a second term as he recalled...

Countries agree to overhaul WHO funding

By Robin Millard Shaken by the pandemic, the World Health Organization's member states agreed Tuesday to overhaul how they fund the UN health agency, giving...

WHO: World ‘increasingly blind’ to virus spread

A dramatic drop in testing for COVID-19 has left the world blind to the virus’s continuing rampage and its potentially dangerous mutations, the World...

$16 billion share urgently needed for COVID-19 plan; WHO tells rich countries: Pay up

The WHO Wednesday urged rich countries to pay their fair share of the money needed for its plan to conquer COVID-19 by contributing $16...

WHO’s Asia-Pacific chief probed over racism, misconduct

World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday announced an investigation into a "senior staff" member, the UN agency's Western Pacific chief, over...

Tedros in one-man race to remain at WHO helm

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, one of the most recognisable figures of the global battle against COVID-19, will stand unopposed Tuesday for the nomination to continue...

WHO warns pandemic far from over, cities outbreaks flare globally

The World Health Organization has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, as France, Germany and Brazil posted new records of infections...

‘Mild’ Omicron also kills—WHO

By Robin Millard The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is killing people across the globe and should not be dismissed as mild, the World Health Organization...

WHO warns of vax apathy, Europe plans mandatory jab

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued stern warnings Wednesday on the dangers of vaccination apathy and the European Union put mandatory jabs on the...

WHO: Keep calm amid Omicron

The World Health Organization called Tuesday for countries to keep calm and take "rational" measures in response to the new, fast-spreading COVID-19 variant Omicron,...

WHO calls for treaty to shield against next pandemic

The world must study the wreckage of COVID-19 and say "never again" by striking a pandemic preparedness treaty, the WHO said Monday as countries...
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