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Bill Gates warns White House he can’t fill shortfalls in US global health funding

The World Health Organization (WHO) says such attacks on hospitals “can be issues of life and death”.
International

50 countries warn UN of ransomware attacks on hospitals

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of World Health Organization (WHO), during a panel session on day two of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from January 15 to 19. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
International

Tuberculosis cases hit record high: WHO

People wearing masks using their mobile phones in Chinatown on Apr 6, 2021.
International

No link between mobile phones and brain cancer, WHO-led study says

A nurse administers polio vaccine drops to a Palestinian child at a UN school in central Gaza Strip. The WHO says it has vaccinated over 161,000 children under 10 in the central area in the first two days of its campaign, versus a projected 150,000.
International

WHO surpasses polio vaccination targets in Gaza children

There have been more than 15,000 cases of mpox in Congo this year, and at least 550 deaths.
International

Why mpox vaccines aren’t flowing to Africans in desperate need

FILE PHOTO: A person holds a test tube labelled "Bird Flu", in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Consumer & Healthcare

Drugmaker Sinergium to share bird flu vaccine data globally, says WHO

Alcohol causes nearly one in 20 deaths globally each year, through drink-driving, alcohol-induced violence and abuse, and a multitude of diseases and disorders.
International

2.6 million die annually due to alcohol, says WHO

Ending the Ebola outbreak that emerged in December 2013 took more than two years and required a massive global humanitarian response, including the US military. By then, 28,652 cases and 11,325 deaths had been recorded.
Opinion & Features

Why the world needs its own immune system

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has for long been pressing China to share its information about the origins of Covid-19, saying that until that happened, all hypotheses remained on the table.
International

WHO chief pushes China for ‘full access’ to determine Covid’s origins: FT

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