WHO Chief: Lack of help for Tigray Crisis due to Skin Color
WHO chief: Lack of help for Tigray crisis due to skin color Newslooks- NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) The head of the World Health Organization described the persistent crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray…
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Alarm sounded by WHO as COVID-19 cases spike around the world
COVID-19 cases around the world increased 18% last week, according to the World Health Organization, with the biggest increase in the Middle East. They’re mostly driven by the omicron variants…
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World Health Organization chief blasts Roe v. Wade reversal
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus criticized the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, claiming abortion saves lives. He complained that poor women will be less likely to obtain…
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Another 104 cases of monkeypox in the UK, 99% men
Monkeypox continues to spread throughout the world, jumping from 366 cases in Britain to 470, almost all affecting men. This is the biggest outbreak outside of Africa for the normally…
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WHO still looking into whether a lab leak resulted in COVID-19
The World Health Organization has changed its position on whether COVID-19 got out into the population due to a leak from a lab in Wuhan, China. Last year, it found…
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What is monkeypox and where has it spread to?
Alarm is spreading all over the U.S. and Europe about monkeypox. It’s similar to smallpox, but less severe, and appears to only be infecting gay and bisexual men. The Associated…
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Despite dismal economy, China insists on ‘zero-COVID’ policy
China refuses to end the COVID-19 lockdown, even though the impact has been horrendous on both individuals and businesses. The Communist Party’s “zero-COVID” goal of preventing all infections ignores advice…
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Fewer testing for COVID-19, making it harder to track
Although new omicron variants are on the rise in the U.S. and other parts of the world, health experts are concerned there isn’t enough data about it because far fewer…
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WHO: COVID cases, deaths in Africa drop to lowest yet
WHO says this drop in coronavirus cases in Africa is a reason for hope, marking the longest decline yet seen in the disease, according to the World Health Organization. In…
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What to know about new dominant variant BA.2
The subvariant of omicron, known as BA.2, is now dominant all over the world, and is spreading fast since it is 30% more contagious than the original omicron. But while…
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WHO: COVID cases and deaths continue to fall globally
Despite some pockets of virus resistance as some new cases spike, globally, the World Health Organization, WHO, reports COVID incidents and deaths have dropped. In its latest pandemic report, WHO…
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