Biden rolls back Trump policies on border wall, climate, health, Muslims
U.S. President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions shortly after being sworn on Wednesday, undoing policies put in place by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, and making his first moves on the pandemic and climate change. Signing several actions in front of reporters in the ...
As WHO fumes at Western drugmakers, China fills void on vaccines
China's foreign minister last week pledged to hand out more than a million doses during a swing through Southeast Asia.
COVID-19 response was a global series of failures, WHO panel says
The report describes the faulty assumptions, ineffective planning and sluggish responses that helped fuel a pandemic that has killed more than 2 million people.
Infections numbers are surging around the world, especially in Europe where nations have been forced to ramp up virus restrictions even as vaccines are rolled out.
WHO finally lands in China to begin tracing the coronavirus. How hard will it be?
The investigation by the team of 10 scientists is a critical step in understanding how the virus jumped to humans from animals so that another pandemic can be avoided.
WHO team arrives in Wuhan as China reports first coronavirus death in months
A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan on Thursday to start a highly politicized probe into the origins of the coronavirus, as China reported its first death from COVID-19 in eight months. The 10 scientists, who must complete a two-week ...
WHO team to visit China on Jan. 14 to probe origins of coronavirus
The probe comes almost a year since China locked down Wuhan as an outbreak of pneumonia that started with food market workers in late 2019 spread throughout the city.
As world says good riddance to 2020, China hails its new status
China’s position in the world has been elevated as a result of the pandemic, despite criticism that its early missteps and cover-ups made possible the spread of the virus around the world.
A team was due to arrive this week after months of painstaking negotiations, but with some of the team already in transit, Beijing had yet to grant them entry.
2020 in hindsight: Asia’s bad to good in the year that was
The Asian Development Bank projects COVID-19 could push 160 million more into poverty in Asia. The region’s poverty rate will increase for the first time in 20 years, says the World Bank.
WHO says no need for major alarm over new coronavirus strain
The World Health Organization cautioned against major alarm over a new, highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain, saying this was a normal part of a pandemic's evolution. WHO officials even put a positive light on the discovery of the new ...
WHO plan risks leaving poor nations with no COVID-19 vaccines until 2024
Documents show the program's promoters say it is struggling from a lack of funds, supply risks and complex contractual arrangements which could make it impossible to achieve its goals.
