World Health Organization

June 1, 2021

German minister laments choice of Syria for WHO board seat

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says he is “anything but happy” that Syria’s government — which has waged a…

May 29, 2021

The World Health Organization called on Friday for access to patients in the Gaza strip and free passage to evacuate…

May 27, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the presence of the coronavirus strain found in India in 60 countries and…

May 24, 2021

GENEVA — French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are among those rallying around efforts to strengthen the…

May 14, 2021

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the World Health Organization to approve the use of Russia’s Sputnik V…

May 13, 2021

On Thursday, Egypt received 1.7 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine through the COVAX initiative and 500,000 doses of…

May 12, 2021

BENI, Congo (AP) — When Shekinah was working as a nurse’s aide in northeastern Congo in January 2019, she said,…

April 13, 2021

GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ health agency on Tuesday urged countries to suspend the sale of live animals captured…

April 6, 2021

(Reuters) – Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide crossed 3 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the latest global resurgence…

March 31, 2021

GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) – Data was withheld from World Health Organization investigators who travelled to China to research the origins of…