WHO urges pause in market sale of captured live wild animals
GENEVA — The United Nations’ health agency on Tuesday urged countries to suspend the sale of live animals captured ...
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Weekly coronavirus deaths rise 11 percent worldwide
The number of COVID-19 deaths worldwide is on the rise — climbing by 11 percent compared to the previous week, ...
WHO does not back COVID-19 vaccination passports
The World Health Organization said it doesn’t back the practice of requiring so-called vaccine passports — noting that it’s ...
WHO: Europe’s vaccination programs ‘unacceptably slow’
The World Health Organization has criticized vaccination programs in Europe for being “unacceptably slow” as many countries grapple with ...
US, other nations slam WHO report on origins of COVID over China’s role
The United States joined with a number of nations, including Israel, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada, to criticize ...
WHO boss refuses to rule out COVID lab leak theory, vows to investigate further
The World Health Organization released its long-awaited report on the origins of COVID-19 on Tuesday — but even the ...
WHO report blaming animals — not lab — for COVID met with bipartisan criticism
The World Health Organization is facing bipartisan criticism for its COVID-19 origins report that will say animals rather than ...
WHO slammed for saying COVID-19 likely didn’t originate from Wuhan lab
The World Health Organization is being slammed as Beijing’s “useful idiots” after it dismissed as “extremely unlikely” the theory ...
Joint report from China, WHO says animals were likely source of COVID-19
BEIJING — A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats ...
New COVID variants could reinfect people every few years, expert says
Different strains of the coronavirus will likely reinfect people every few years, according to a British medical expert. Paul ...
