World Aug 4, 2021
WHO's pandemic project faces cash crunch amid vaccine and oxygen shortages
by Francesco Guarascio
A large portion of the funding being requested is needed to buy tests, oxygen and face masks in poorer nations.
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.
Asia Pacific Jul 22, 2021
China opposes studying lab leak in any new virus origins probe
China pushed back against the World Health Organization’s call for another probe into the coronavirus’s origins that includes examining whether it leaked from a lab, saying there’s no evidence for the theory and it defies common sense. The pathogen most likely arose in an animal, ...
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 / Science & Health Jul 3, 2021
A WHO official said that closing schools "as we have seen, have such a harmful effect on the education, social and mental well-being of our children and youth."
National Jul 3, 2021
"We urge everybody to take a risk-based approach in what they do and the decisions that they make," Maria van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead on COVID-19 at its global headquarters, said.
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jun 30, 2021
China is the first country in the WHO's Western Pacific region to be awarded a malaria-free certification in more than three decades.
World Jun 24, 2021
Let down by rich and failing the poor, global vaccine program to be shaken up
by Francesco Guarascio
By prioritizing their own diplomatic and commercial interests, wealthy nations have in effect wrecked COVAX's ambition to take overall charge of the global fight against the pandemic.
World / Science & Health Jun 20, 2021
Don’t count on needing a COVID-19 booster shot, top WHO scientist says
by Jason Gale
As some governments prepare for COVID-19 booster shots targeting more infectious virus variants, health authorities say it’s too early to tell if they will be required.
National Jun 14, 2021
British medical journal calls for 'global conversation' about Olympics
The Lancet has said silence by the WHO and other major health bodies such as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a "deflection of responsibility."
Commentary / World Jun 2, 2021
Did China avoid blame for causing the pandemic?
by Brahma Chellaney
The WHO first learned of the COVID-19 outbreak from Taiwan, news articles, a public bulletin and from an automated alert system that scans the internet for mentions of unexplained pneumonia.