Science offers solutions but they will be ineffective without solidarity, says WHO chief Although 1 million lives are confirmed to have been lost to COVID-19, the real number is “certainly higher,” the chief of the...
Economic recovery around the world could come faster if any COVID-19 vaccine is made available to all as a public good, said. He was speaking in an online panel discussion with members of the Aspen Security Forum in the...
As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, people in all countries are being encouraged to take precautions to prevent transmission, including in many countries by staying at home and physical distancing. But a...
The World Health Organization (WHO) hopes to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus within 18 months. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the vaccine for the virus, which the organization dubbed Covid-19, will take...
After waiting an extra month to decide on the H3N2 strain, World Health Organization (WHO) vaccine advisors finalized their recommendations on strains to include in the Northern Hemisphere 2019-20 flu vaccines. Their...
Three years after the start of the world’s worst Ebola epidemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has created a programme to improve its response to disease outbreaks and to prevent another such calamity. In June...
Four months have passed without a single case of yellow fever related to the outbreak in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, thanks to the joint response activities of national health authorities, local...
Having secured the funds for the initial phase of the deployment of the world’s first malaria vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it will be rolled out in sub-Saharan Africa and immunization campaigns...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, is increasingly focused on health concerns outside the United States as the world becomes more interconnected. And its international mission goes well...
World Health Organization (WHO) vaccine advisors today recommended changing only the 2009 H1N1 component for the Southern Hemisphere’s 2017 flu vaccine, the first change in the H1N1 component since the former...