The World Health Organization is again pushing rich countries to help poorer countries combat COVID-19, saying a $23-billion contribution will help save millions of lives and help end the pandemic. (Fabrice Coffrini/Reuters)

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned there will be more pandemics in the future.

Dr. Peter Singer, special adviser to the director general of the World Health Organization, joins Rosemary Barton Live to discuss how concerned countries around the world, including Canada, should be about the new omicron variant.

The U.S. will soon accept international travellers who are inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine that has been approved by the World Health Organization.

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called it a "historic moment".

The World Health Organization has recommended a widespread rollout of the first malaria vaccine, which it says could save tens of thousands of lives each year. The vaccine, administered in four doses, is able to prevent four out of 10...

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said not having equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world is both 'immoral' and 'stupid.' At the same press conference, World Health Organization Director General...

The European Medicines Agency has advised people with "severely weakened immune systems" to get a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, in a statement issued on Monday.

The EMA has advised people with "severely weakened immune systems" to get a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID vaccines.

The World Health Organization's director general says lower income countries cannot be satisfied with vaccine 'leftovers' after richest countries 'have been taken care of.' (Themba Hadebe/Associated Press Photo)

A further 236,000 people could lose their lives to the pandemic across Europe by December 1, the World Health Organization confirmed.

India surpasses Brazil in number of coronavirus cases, with the government blaming the second wave on people not following COVID-19 guidelines.

New infections reach a fresh record as most of the South Asian nation battles a second and more vicious surge in cases.

Group including US, Japan and UK say the study was delayed and scientists lacked full access to data, as the WHO chief calls for a deeper probe into lab leak theory.

More than 1.6 million people contracted COVID-19 in WHO Europe's 51 countries last week — the sixth weekly rise in a row.

Dr. Peter Singer, the special advisor to the director general of the World Health Organization, called for sharing COVID-19 vaccines globally before administering booster shots for fully vaccinated people at lower risk. Singer said two...

Dr. Peter Singer, the special adviser to the director general of the World Health Organization, called for sharing COVID-19 vaccines globally before administering booster shots for fully vaccinated people at lower risk. Singer said two...

India suspends the export of COVID-19 vaccines, as its second wave brings a surge of infections.

The World Organization's advisory committee on vaccine saftey says the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine's benefits outweigh the risks and the shot saves lives.

Use of vaccine paused for 14 days in Denmark while investigators probe reports of possible ‘serious side-effects’.

The WHO says the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is easier to administer than some of the other vaccines because it requires only one dose and does not need to be stored at extremely cold temperatures.

Brazil is facing the worst phase of the pandemic since it registered its first death exactly a year ago.

Report expected to say first known infection not connected to seafood market where original cluster was identified.

The shots are expected to arrive on Sunday and the inoculation campaign could start on Monday.