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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. WHO promises honest evaluation of how world handled COVID-19. (AFP Photo)World
How world handled COVID-19: WHO promises 'honest evaluation' after...

The panel will provide an interim report to an annual meeting of health ministers in November and present a substantive...

10 July 2020 10:02 AM IST

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WHO will review claims of airborne transmission of COVID-19 made by...

We are aware of the article and are reviewing its contents with our technical experts, WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic...

7 July 2020 1:21 PM IST

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WHO halts hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs in COVID trials

Another branch of the WHO-led trial is also looking at the potential effect of Gilead's antiviral drug remdesivir on...

5 July 2020 10:21 AM IST

In this file photo taken on September 13, 2021 an elerly patient receives the 3rd dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine in Paris. (Photo: AFP)World
WHO to meet on Friday to assess new COVID-19 variant detected in South...

The latest variant is the most heavily mutated version discovered so far

26 Nov 2021 12:51 PM IST

A woman writes the word \Omicron\ into a piece of paper that will be placed on a handmade doll depicting Covid-19 Omicron variant in Managua. (Photo: AFP)World
Omicron risk remains 'very high', says WHO

The WHO noted that the rapid growth rate is likely to be a combination of both immune evasion and intrinsic increased...

29 Dec 2021 10:54 AM IST

A healthcare worker attends to a patient at the Portimao Arena sports pavilion converted in a field hospital for Covid-19 patients at Portimao, in the Algarve region. (Photo: AFP)World
COVID-19 pandemic pushed over half a billion into extreme poverty: UN...

The pandemic also triggered the worst economic crisis since the 1930s

13 Dec 2021 9:31 AM IST

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (via AP)World
WHO team to start Wuhan virus probe under global glare

The visit will be tightly tethered to the science of how the virus jumped from animals to humans

28 Jan 2021 4:27 PM IST

Teeth exposed to cigarette smoke over a period of 2 weeks become very discoloured quickly. (Photo: Pixabay)Life
Smoking down, but tobacco use still a major cause of death, disease -...

Tobacco kills more than 7 million a year and many people know that it increases the risk of cancer.

31 May 2018 11:48 AM IST

The broader health impacts of Indias commitment to accelerated sanitation coverage, the WHO said includes improved overall nutritional status and reduced incidence of infectious diseases such as neglected tropical diseases and acute respiratory infections, as well as vector-borne diseases. (Representational Image)India
Swachh Bharat campaign can prevent over 3 lakh deaths: WHO

The WHO noted that India's commitment and progress is reflected in the fact that household sanitation coverage has...

4 Aug 2018 3:05 PM IST

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Russia detects first case of H5N8 avian flu in humans

While the highly contagious strain H5N8 is lethal for birds, it had never before been reported to have spread to humans

21 Feb 2021 2:02 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House.b (AP Photo)World
WHO becoming tool of 'Chinese propaganda': US

US President Donald Trump recently announced he would put a hold on America's funding to the World Health Organization

22 April 2020 11:08 AM IST

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (AP Photo)World
Make no mistake, virus will be with us for a long time: WHO chief...

U.S. President Donald Trump last week criticised the WHO's handling of the pandemic and announced he was suspending...

23 April 2020 9:36 AM IST

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