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World Health Organization welcomes back the United States
WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expresses gratitude for U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to rejoin global efforts in the fight against COVID-19.
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WHO says new U.K. studies confirm variant of COVID-19 more transmissible
The World Health Organization says a third round of U.K. studies related to a variant of the coronavirus in Britain confirms it is more transmissible and also that infected people have a higher viral load than with the original virus.
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WHO team arrives in China to investigate coronavirus origin
A team of international scientists, led by the World Health Organization, is now in Wuhan, China, to gather evidence about the novel coronavirus and to speak more closely with Chinese researchers.
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WHO team arrives in Wuhan to trace the origins of COVID-19
It comes as the country’s north is battling resurgent cases, and reported the first death from the virus in eight months.
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WHO chief pleads with weary world to help break COVID-19 transmission
As the global death toll from the coronavirus pushed past 2 million, the head of the World Health Organization urged people to use the tools they have to curb the virus and lift the burden on health workers.
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WHO advisory group offers some flexibility on vaccine timing
The head of an expert advisory group to the World Health Organization said the second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine should be given within 28 days but there is some room for flexibility.
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No global herd immunity this year: WHO chief scientist
Despite incredible progress on COVID-19 vaccines over the past year, no significant level of herd immunity will be reached in 2021, according to the World Health Organization's chief scientist, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan.
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‘The world was not prepared’: WHO interim pandemic report
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the world, the World Health Organization released an interim report on lessons learned. And it's not flattering toward the WHO itself, China or even Canada.
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WHO calls on Europeans to be patient
While acknowledging the fatigue due to COVID-19 restrictions, the World Health Organization's Regional Director for Europe, Dr. Hans Kluge, asked people to stay the course as the pandemic is far from over.
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Cuba's COVID success story
Latin America in the region with the highest The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Latin America harder and longer than any other region, but there is one country that has been the exception.
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COVID in Europe: New restrictions in place for winter holidays
Many European countries are planning to begin a vaccine rollout by the end of December, pending approval by the European medicines agency.
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WHO research on U.K. COVID-19 variant focuses on 3 key areas
World Health Organization technical lead Dr. Maria Van Kherkove says U.K. researchers studying the coronavirus variant are focusing on transmissibilty, severity and antibody response. She said they're trying to determine if the apparent...
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WHO needs $4.3 billion to buy vaccines for poor countries
The World Health Organization is urging countries to help fill a funding gap of $4.3 billion to help buy COVID-19 vaccines for poor- and middle-income countries.
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WHO team to probe COVID-19 origins in China's Wuhan
International investigators have been given the green light to travel to the Chinese city of Wuhan to look into the origins of the new coronavirus.
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WHO warns COVID-19 vaccine not enough to stop virus
People must stick to public health measures to control the coronavirus, even as a vaccine rolls out, according to Mike Ryan, chief of the World Health Organization's Emergencies Programme. 'Vaccines do not equal zero COVID,' he said.
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No need to break a sweat to increase pandemic activity, WHO says
New activity guidelines from the World Health Organization urge people to start moving more during the pandemic. But it isn’t necessarily recommending a sweaty workout, just more activity in general.
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Consider COVID-19 risks of holiday celebrations, urges WHO chief
'We all need to consider whose life we might be gambling with' during holiday celebrations because of the coronavirus, says World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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No excuse for inaction on COVID-19: WHO head
World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned countries that letting COVID-19 run unchecked is like 'playing with fire.'
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Independent panel criticizes COVID-19 response
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response says both China and the World Health Organization could have acted faster in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic to contain the spread.
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Co-chair of panel looking at WHO pandemic preparedness says organization needs more 'teeth'
( - image credit) Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says the World Health Organization needs greater authority to address future pandemics. Clark told Power & Politics that the initial findings of her group showed that most...
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European 'hot spots' driving increase in COVID-19 cases, WHO says
Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in 80 per cent of European countries, according to the World Health Organization's Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, with local 'hot spots' the driving force.
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Remdesivir does little to help COVID-19 patients: WHO study
A clinical trial by the World Health Organization finds that antiviral medication remdesivir has little or no effect on length of hospital stay or mortality in COVID-19 patients. Dr. Srinivas Murthy weighs in on what this could mean for...
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10% of global population may be infected by COVID-19, says WHO's Dr. Michael Ryan
An estimated 10 per cent of the global population is infected by COVID-19, with variations in urban and rural settings, says Michael Ryan of the World Health Organization’s health emergencies program.
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10% of global population may have been infected by COVID-19, says WHO's Dr. Michael Ryan
An estimated 10 per cent of the global population may have been infected by COVID-19, with variations in urban and rural settings, says Michael Ryan of the World Health Organization’s health emergencies program.