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Gaza health system at breaking point as Israeli hostilities intensify, WHO says
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that Gaza's health system is at a breaking point as Israel's intensified ...
After US cuts funding, WHO chief defends $2.1B budget request by comparing it with cost of war
Stripped of U.S. funding, the World Health Organization chief has appealed to member countries to support its “extremely ...
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What is WHO without the U.S.? Health officials wrestle with future at annual meeting
As WHO pares back staff and programs after loss of U.S. funding, health officials wrestled with its purpose and future.
Fiery RFK flogs WHO for caving to China on COVID, celebrating pandemic ‘failures’ in stunning video to org
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. outlines reasons for U.S. withdrawal from WHO, highlighting failures in COVID-19 response ...
WHO adopts a ‘pandemic agreement’ after the chaos of COVID
The World Health Organization's member countries have approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to ...
A top global health expert's message to graduates: Kick the tires
NPR interviews Maria Van Kherkove, the infectious disease epidemiologist who is a leader in the World Health Organization.
WHO member states adopt historic agreement to collaborate on pandemic prevention
The World Health Organization announced Tuesday it has officially adopted the first-ever "Pandemic Agreement," just as the ...
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The world now has its first ever pandemic treaty. Will it make a difference?
At the World Health Assembly, 193 members nations voted to adopt a treat calling for better preventive measures and global ...
WHO is finalizing a new treaty that prepares for the next pandemic − but the US isn’t signing
The Conversation asked Nicole Hassoun, a professor at Binghamton University and executive director of Global Health Impact, to explain the pandemic accord, its prospects for advancing global health, ...
WHO opens annual assembly as UN health agency faces 'existential crisis' in wake of US funding cuts
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization on Monday opened its annual meeting of government ministers and other top envoys ...