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On This Day | World Health Organization names COVID-19
On this day in 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) named a disease spreading from Wuhan, China COVID-19.
WHO facing 'new realities' as US withdrawal looms
The World Health Organization on Tuesday wrapped up its executive board meeting, held against the backdrop of the United ...
Nearly everyone in the world breathes bad air. This is what you can do to lower your risk.
Most of the world's population is exposed to polluted air, and for those living in cities with chronically bad air, the smog ...
WHO launches plan for free child cancer medicines
The World Health Organization (WHO) launched on Tuesday a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of ...
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Can WHO’s new trials guidance challenge a lack of inclusivity in research?
The World Health Organization wants to tackle inequity and bureaucracy relating to clinical trials. Will its latest guidance make a difference? Anna Volkmer reports During the covid-19 pandemic the UK ...
With Democrats largely MIA, it’s up to citizens to recapture our moral compass: Eric Foster
It has only been roughly three weeks of the Trump administration. For many, it feels like a lifetime already. But do not ...
New York health department confirms first case of new mpox strain
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were three confirmed cases in the country — in ...
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Important for world to coordinate efforts to tackle health crises: Vivian Balakrishnan
Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan says that it is important to coordinate global efforts to health crises, amid climate change and misinformation. He noted new challenges, with funding now ...
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WHO and St Jude start distributing paediatric cancer medicines amid US aid cuts
WHO and nonprofit St Jude have started distributing medicines in Mongolia and Uzbekistan, with further shipments planned for ...
No doctors for sick children. This is the reality of Trump’s aid freeze in remote northern Thailand
Aid workers in northern Thailand described widespread confusion following the US aid freeze, especially among those whose work provides life-saving services to some of the world’s most vulnerable and ...
USAID-funded Calgary organization ordered to stop work as Trump's foreign aid freeze continues
The Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the face of U.S. foreign aid have resulted in a 90-day freeze on humanitarian ...
Netanyahu threatens to resume fighting in Gaza if hostages aren't released Saturday
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in Gaza and ...