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US set to quit World Health OrganizationThe United States is set to leave the World Health Organization on Thursday. This departure follows a notice given by President Donald Trum...
Donald Trump's pharma pricing diktat details and how it can be legally challengedPresident Trump signed an executive order aimed at lowering U.S. drug prices to match those of other countries, prompting industry concerns...
Who is Jay Bhattacharya, US' new National Institutes of Health directorDr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor against Covid lockdowns, is set for a Senate confirmation hearing to lead NIH. His nomination is...
Donald Trump transition team plans immediate WHO withdrawal, expert saysDonald Trump's transition team plans to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization on the first day of his second term, citing th...
Donald Trump's first decision on first day as US President revealed and it's a bombshellDonald Trump's second tenure as the US President begins on January 20, 2025. All eyes are on his big announcements after taking charge of W...
WHO experts to weigh whether world ready to end COVID emergencyThe World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee is meeting to assess if Covid-19 still remains a global health emergency. The ind...
WHO director in Asia accused of racism, abuse put on leaveIn a statement, WHO said it was unknown how long Kasai would be away. The U.N. health agency said the investigation into him was continuing...
US declares public health emergency over monkeypox outbreakThe announcement will free up money and other resources to fight the virus, which may cause fever, body aches, chills, fatigue and pimple-l...
Drugmakers, device companies say sanctions may hinder medical supplies to RussiaSanctions levied by the US, Britain, Europe and Canada against Russia do not apply to medicine and medical equipment.
Biden asks businesses to push for COVID-19 shotsAt a time when hospitals are being overrun and record numbers of people are getting infected with the omicron variant, the administration h...
Two years into pandemic, the origin of Covid tormenting the world still remains a mysteryMost scientists believe it emerged in the wild and jumped from bats to humans, either directly or through another animal. Others theorise i...
Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID's animal originsLast month, Worobey published a COVID-19 timeline linking the first known human case to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China...
Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID's animal originsNow, with the global COVID-19 death toll surpassing 5.2 million on the second anniversary of the earliest human cases, a growing chorus of ...
Mastercard Foundation to spend $1.3 billion to vaccinate Africans against COVID-19The foundation will purchase single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines at the discounted rate negotiated by the African Union during its 220 m...
Bill Gates's leadership roles and reputation stay intact despite disturbing allegationsHowever, critics say the revelations raise accountability concerns.
How can we stop the next pandemic? Here's what a WHO panel recommendsThe WHO should have declared the new coronavirus outbreak in China an international emergency earlier than Jan. 30, 2020, but the next mont...
China steps up vaccine diplomacy as competition with India heats upChina offered to supply vaccines to COVAX even as it awaited emergency approval for its shots from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
US Vice President Mike Pence, wife Karen, get COVID-19 vaccine injectionsPence, along with his wife, Karen, and Surgeon General Jerome Adams, received their shots Friday morning in an office suite in the Eisenhow...
Donald Trump stays on sidelines as vaccine injections beginFive days into the largest vaccination campaign in the nation's history, Trump has held no public events to trumpet the rollout. He hasn't ...
WHO tries to bolster fragile funding with new foundation CEOIn an interview with The Associated Press ahead of the WHO Foundation announcement, Soni said his priority is to seek out corporate and ind...