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FILE PHOTO: A health worker fills a syringe with Ebola vaccine before injecting it to a patient, in Goma

Health Oct 20

Congo’s last Ebola patient discharged, raising hopes outbreak is over

By Associated Press

Health Sep 23

FILE PHOTO: The World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters is seen in Geneva
WHO urges caution on autism and acetaminophen claims, saying several studies ‘found no such relationship’

The World Health Organization called for caution before making links between acetaminophen use by pregnant women and autism.

By Associated Press

Health Sep 05

FILE PHOTO: French President Macron attends the inauguration of the WHO Academy campus, in Lyon
WHO chief says mpox outbreak in Africa is no longer a global health emergency

The World Health Organization no longer considers the mpox outbreak in Africa to be an international health emergency, the U.N. agency's director said Friday.

By Jamey Keaten, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Health Aug 05

Boy receives polio vaccine drops during an anti-polio campaign in Karachi
The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, misinformation and missteps aided its comeback

The World Health Organization has closed in on its bold goal of eradicating polio several times, but the paralytic virus is entrenched in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

By Maria Cheng, Riazat Butt, Associated Press

Health Jun 26

House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's budget request for the Department o...
U.S. is pulling funding from Gavi, global group that has paid for more than a billion kids to get vaccinated

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the organization has “ignored the science" and “lost the public trust.”…

By Maria Cheng, Associated Press

May 28

New COVID variant driving up cases in parts of the world, WHO says

By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.

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Feb 26

An unknown illness has killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo. Here’s what we do know

By Chinedu Asadu, Jean-Yves Kamale, Associated Press

The outbreaks in two distant villages in Congo's Equateur province began on Jan. 21 and include 419 cases and 53 deaths.

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Feb 25

Mystery illness has killed more than 50 people in Congo

By Jean-Yves Kamale, Associated Press

Health experts say an unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks.

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Jan 27

CDC memo orders public health officials to stop working with WHO immediately

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations and “await…

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Jan 21

Watch 5:23
The potential impacts of Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization

By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins

As part of his blitz of executive orders, President Trump delivered on a promise to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. The Trump White House accuses the WHO of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and bias toward China.

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