Long work hours are a killer, WHO study shows
The study showed that people living in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific region — a WHO-defined region which includes China, Japan and Australia — were the most affected.
Rich nations urged to donate shots for COVAX vaccine program
G7 and EU nations could help close the world's vaccine gap by sharing just 20% of their June, July and August stocks with the program for poorer countries.
Global officials embrace what experts have long said: COVID-19 is airborne
Scientists are calling for ventilation systems to be overhauled like public water supplies were in the 1800s after fetid pipes were found to harbor cholera.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issues warning as virus variants continue to spread.
WHO urged to reform after panel finds failures worsened pandemic
The international system remains unfit to avoid another disease spiraling into one that matches COVID-19, an independent review has found.
Taiwan is excluded from most international organizations such as the WHO due to opposition from China.
Taipei said it will fight for an invitation to the meeting this month, but China said there was no room for compromise over the island that Beijing claims as its own.
COVID-19 variant in India may be evading vaccine protection, top WHO scientist says
India on Saturday for the first time registered more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths in just 24 hours, and more than 400,000 new infections.
WHO approves Sinopharm vaccine in potential boost to COVAX pipeline
The vaccine, one of two main Chinese coronavirus vaccines, is the first developed by a non-Western country to win WHO backing.
The U.S. government on Friday called for Taiwan to be invited as an observer to the upcoming meeting of the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, a move China has opposed.
WHO hopes Tokyo Olympics can go ahead despite virus emergency extension
The body's emergencies chief said many of the decisions on the format of the games can only be made at the last-minute due to evolving risks from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Morals and the COVID-19 vaccine market
More than 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have now been administered worldwide, but vast disparities remain.
