National Jul 31, 2021
Japan doing its best to control COVID-19 during Games, WHO says
The WHO chief called on the world to draw on the Olympic spirit of unity to bring the pandemic to an end.
National Jul 21, 2021
Officials have forged ahead with the sports spectacle despite opposition to hosting more than 11,000 athletes, staff and media — dozens of whom have already tested positive for COVID-19.
World Jul 7, 2021
The funding shortfall comes amid a widening gap between rich and poor nations in their ability to fight the pandemic, with access to vaccines woefully uneven.
World May 13, 2021
WHO urged to reform after panel finds failures worsened pandemic
by Jason Gale
The international system remains unfit to avoid another disease spiraling into one that matches COVID-19, an independent review has found.
World Mar 31, 2021
WHO chief faults COVID-19 report for dismissing lab leak theory
by Thomas Mulier and Corinne Gretler
A group of more than a dozen nations, including Japan and the U.S., issued a joint statement saying the mission’s report lacked sufficient access.
World / Science & Health Nov 17, 2020
WHO warns against COVID-19 complacency after Moderna vaccine news
"Right now we are extremely concerned by the surge in cases we are seeing in some countries," WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing.
World Aug 5, 2020
Proportion of youth with COVID-19 triples in five months, WHO says
Young people who are hitting nightclubs and beaches are leading a rise in fresh coronavirus cases across the world, with the proportion of those aged 15 to 24 who are infected rising threefold in about five months, the World Health Organization said. An analysis by ...
World Jun 9, 2020
WHO says pandemic 'far from over' as daily cases hit record high
More than 136,000 new cases were reported worldwide on Sunday, the most in a single day so far.
Asia Pacific | FOCUS May 16, 2020
Caught in Trump-China feud, WHO leader under siege
by Kate Kelland and Stephanie Nebehay
The internal debate over the WHO’s messaging around China provides a window into the challenges facing the 72-year-old U.N. organization and its leader.
World Apr 28, 2020
WHO chief says pandemic 'far from over,' expressing worry about children
The coronavirus pandemic is "far from over" and is still disrupting normal health services, especially life-saving immunization for children in the poorest countries, the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday. The U.N. agency is concerned about rising numbers of cases and deaths ...
National Mar 31, 2020
WHO to work toward success of Tokyo Olympics, Tedros tells Abe
The head of the World Health Organization told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday that he wants to make preparations with Japan for the "success" of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Speaking by phone, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed his support for Japan's agreement ...
Asia Pacific Mar 30, 2020
Viral video raises fears for Taiwan about WHO's reliance on China
The World Health Organization said it’s working with Taiwanese health experts after an interview went viral in which a senior official appeared to hang up on a reporter who asked about the island’s membership status in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. In the segment aired ...