World Jun 2, 2020
As WHO praised China for virus response, officials quietly steamed over lack of info
In January, there was significant frustration among WHO officials over a lack of information needed to fight the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
World May 19, 2020
WHO to review virus response as Trump renews attack, calling it a 'puppet of China'
Many countries have hailed the WHO's efforts, but the U.S. maintains its "failure" to obtain vital COVID-19 information has cost lives.
Olympics May 17, 2020
WHO head urges global unity to help make Tokyo Olympics safe
The head of the World Health Organization said Saturday it will not be easy to make next year's Tokyo Olympics a safe global gathering after the pandemic. Speaking at a joint news conference with the IOC, the WHO's director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for ...
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 / Science & Health May 12, 2020
U.N. says there are seven or eight 'top' candidates for a COVID-19 vaccine
WHO chief says an accelerated effort is underway, helped by €7.4 billion pledged a week ago by leaders from 40 countries, organizations and banks.
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 ...
World Apr 21, 2020
WHO insists it hid nothing and sounded coronavirus alarm from start
The World Health Organization insisted Monday that it sounded the alarm on the novel coronavirus right from the very start and had hidden nothing from Washington about the deadly pandemic. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there were no secrets at the U.N. agency after ...
World Apr 9, 2020
In virus-hit America, World Health Organization in firing line
With the United States in the throes of a historic public health crisis, President Donald Trump is aiming fire at the institution at the heart of the response — the World Health Organization. Skeptics see a mercurial U.S. leader eager to find a new scapegoat ...
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 ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Feb 28, 2020
World at 'decisive point' in dealing with COVID-19 outbreak, says WHO
The World Health Organization declared Thursday that the new coronavirus epidemic was at a "decisive point" as countries across the globe battled to contain the deadly outbreak. Saudi Arabia banned pilgrims from visiting Islam's holiest sites as the number of deaths jumped in neighboring Iran, ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Feb 25, 2020
Virus can still be beaten and too early to declare pandemic, says WHO
The coronavirus outbreak can still be beaten, the World Health Organization said on Monday, insisting it was premature to declare it a pandemic even though it had the potential to reach that level. "The key message that should give all countries hope, courage and confidence ...