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Europe 1 year ago

WHO chief to cut costs, reset priorities after US exit, document shows

The UN confirmed on Thursday that the United States was due to withdraw from the WHO on Jan. 22, 2026, after a one-year notice period required under a 1948 joint resolution of the US Congress.

Europe 1 year ago

Pandemic treaty talks round wrapping up without a breakthrough

Amid grinding incremental progress, the talks were set to roll into 2025 without resolving some of the toughest sections.

Middle East and Africa 2 years ago

Mpox vaccines to arrive in DR Congo in next few days, WHO says

Some 230,000 mpox doses are immediately available to be dispatched, said WHO official Tim Nguyen, donated by the European Commission and Danish mpox vaccine manufacturer Bavarian Nordic.

Europe 2 years ago

WHO seeks mpox vaccine production surge

The World Health Organization on Friday urged manufacturers to ramp up production of mpox vaccines to rein in the spread of a more dangerous strain of the virus.

Society 2 years ago

PREMIUM
More Indonesians smoking, bucking global trend

The report, published on Jan. 16, found that 38.5 percent of Indonesians over the age of 14 used tobacco products in 2022. This was up more than 2 percentage points from the country’s 2020 figure and up 5 percentage points from 2015.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

WHO says more contaminated medicinal syrups found in new regions

The alert is the latest in a line of warnings from WHO about similarly contaminated medicines made in India and Indonesia, which were linked to the deaths of around 300 children worldwide last year.

Society 2 years ago

PREMIUM
Indonesia heightens monitoring in response to ‘mysterious pneumonia’ outbreak in China

The Health Ministry has issued a circular urging health workers to closely monitor respiratory cases at their respective facilities and regularly report the data to authorities.

Americas 3 years ago

Deep in the Amazon, scientists race against time to identify unknown pathogens

The next deadly virus that spreads around the world could easily come from a bat that roosts in or around the caves being explored by Thiago Bernardi Vieira.

Europe 3 years ago

COVID is no longer global health emergency - WHO

COVID-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday, a major step towards the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, disrupted the global economy and ravaged communities.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

WHO says contaminated cough syrup made in India found in Western Pacific

Contaminated cough syrup made by an Indian company has been found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, after a spate of child deaths linked to other syrups in some countries last year.

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