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Coronavirus infections are hitting record levels in many countries across Europe as winter takes hold, prompting a call for action from the World Health Organisation which described...
Coronavirus: WHO advises additional Covid shot for immunocompromised people
The World Health Organization on Monday recommended that immunocompromised people be given an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine, due to their higher risk of breakthrough...
WHO employees took part in Congo sex abuse during Ebola crisis, report says
More than 80 aid workers including some employed by the World Health Organization (WHO) were involved in sexual abuse and exploitation during an Ebola crisis...
WHO seeks ‘best minds’ to probe new pathogens that jump from animals to humans
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday it was looking for the greatest scientific minds to advise on investigations into new high-threat pathogens that...
WHO seeks to take political heat out of virus origins debate
The World Health Organization said on Friday it was setting up a new group to trace the origins of the coronavirus, seeking to end what...
WHO chief Tedros plans to seek re-election
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, plans to run for a second five-year term as the head of the agency, Stat News reported on...
Data withheld from WHO team probing Covid-19 origins in China
Data was withheld from World Health Organization investigators who travelled to China to research the origins of the coronavirus epidemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on...
Covid-19 probably passed from bats, further studies required – WHO report
A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that the virus was probably transmitted from bats to humans through another animal, and that...
One in three women endure physical or sexual violence, WHO says
Nearly one in three women worldwide is subjected to physical or sexual violence during her lifetime, pervasive criminal behaviour that has increased during the pandemic,...
Coronavirus infections rise for first time in 7 weeks, WHO says
The number of new coronavirus infections globally rose last week for the first time in seven weeks, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday....