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Group of UK lawmakers warns poor nations on Bloomberg’s meddling in tobacco policies

A group of legislators in the United Kingdom expressed concern over the alleged influence exerted by Bloomberg Philanthropies on tobacco regulation policies in low-...

WHO lauds BTS for using sign language in ‘Permission To Dance’

By Maria Katrina Segui World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus commended BTS for incorporating international sign language for the music video of its...

WHO eyes China lab audits next in virus origin probe

The World Health Organization said the second stage of an investigation into the origins of COVID-19 should include further studies in China and lab...

Indian Bar Association sues WHO

"The chief scientist discredited ivermectin in a series of social media posts."   The struggle to have ivermectin, considered one of the wonder drugs in recent...

Venezuela announces acquisition of 12 million Cuban vaccine doses

The Abdala vaccine has completed its three phases of clinical trials but has yet to be given the all-clear either by Cuba's health authorities...

WHO spots problems at Russian vaccine plant

The World Health Organization said Wednesday it had uncovered problems at a Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine production site which Moscow insisted had been resolved. WHO...

Experts warn Asia-Pacific leaders on WHO’s ‘baseless’ vaping rules

A group of acclaimed experts sent letters to Asia Pacific’s health ministers and secretaries to express their deep concern about the World Health Organization’s...

Accidents happen

"The world cannot afford another laboratory leak, if theory is true, to happen all over again."   Accidents happen. This is what social scientist and biological...

Coronavirus hangs over WHO annual health meet

GENEVA"•Calls for World Health Organization reform and steps to avert future pandemics feature high on the agenda as the UN agency kicks off its...

Mankind’s failure

"Nations are not united in the face of a common global enemy."   A rather ponderously named Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR or...

‘Variant caused virus explosion’

A COVID-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and may be dodging vaccine protections, contributing to the country’s explosive outbreak, the World Health...

Where are the vaccines we ordered? 

"What the rich nations in the West are doing is vaccine hoarding, and they're not helping put an early end to the pandemic."   Good question. The...

WHO seeks next steps in Covid origins probe

Geneva, Switzerland | After an international mission to China turned up more questions than answers about the pandemic origins, the WHO is evaluating how...

Villar lauds WHO call to ban live animal sale in markets

Senator Cynthia Villar on Wednesday described as a “welcome development” the World Health Organization’s call to stop the sale of live wild animals in...
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