Health Nov 04 U.K. authorizes Merck antiviral pill, 1st shown to treat COVID Britain has granted a conditional authorization to Merck's coronavirus antiviral. It's the first pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19.
Health Oct 06 World Health Organization recommends malaria vaccine be given to children across Africa WHO recommended Wednesday that the world's first malaria vaccine should be given to children across Africa, in a move officials hope will spur stalled efforts to curb the spread of the parasitic disease.
World Sep 28 Panel finds 80 alleged abuse cases tied to WHO’s Congo work The report exposes the most widescale sexual wrongdoing linked to a U.N. institution in years, harkening back to the dark years when blue-helmeted peacekeepers were regularly accused of and found to have misused their positions for sexual misconduct.
World Jul 15 WHO chief says it was ‘premature’ to rule out COVID lab leak WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said getting access to raw data had been a challenge for the international team that traveled to China earlier this year to investigate the source of COVID-19.
World Jul 12 WHO says rich countries should donate vaccines, not use boosters Top officials at the World Health Organization say there's not enough evidence to show that third doses of coronavirus vaccines are needed.
Health Jun 25 WHO says delta is ‘most transmissible’ COVID-19 variant identified so far The head of the World Health Organization says the COVID-19 delta variant first seen in India is "the most transmissible of the variants identified so far" and warned it is now spreading in at least 85 countries.
World May 11 Internal emails reveal World Health Organization knew of sex abuse claims in Congo After facing allegations that some of its staffers were involved in sexual abuse in Congo, WHO leaders said they had no further details. An AP investigation found that senior management was not only informed of alleged sexual misconduct, but was…
Health Apr 20 EU agency links Johnson & Johnson’s shot to rare clots, affirms vaccine’s benefits The European Union's drug regulatory agency says it found a "possible link" between the vaccine and extremely rare blood clots. But experts at the agency reiterated that the vaccine's benefits outweigh the risks.
World Apr 17 Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal. It is bigger than Chicago (2.7 million) and equivalent to Philadelphia and Dallas combined.
Health Apr 07 UK advises limiting AstraZeneca in under-30 group amid blood clot worry Wednesday's recommendation came as regulators both in the U.K. and the European Union emphasized that the benefits of receiving the vaccine continue to outweigh the risks for most people.