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...
24 Dec, 2024, 06.10 PM IST
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...
24 Dec, 2024, 12.36 AM IST
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...
04 May, 2023, 07.34 PM IST
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...
30 Aug, 2022, 01.12 PM IST
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...
05 Aug, 2022, 08.38 AM IST
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.
03 Mar, 2022, 07.59 PM IST
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...
15 Jan, 2022, 11.39 PM IST
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...
11 Dec, 2021, 04.55 PM IST
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...
11 Dec, 2021, 12.10 PM IST
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 ...
10 Dec, 2021, 12.45 PM IST
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...
08 Jun, 2021, 06.02 PM IST
Bill Gates's leadership roles and reputation stay intact despite disturbing allegationsHowever, critics say the revelations raise accountability concerns.
19 May, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
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...
12 May, 2021, 06.06 PM IST
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).
03 Feb, 2021, 06.41 PM IST
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...
18 Dec, 2020, 06.53 PM IST
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 ...
18 Dec, 2020, 12.11 PM IST
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...
07 Dec, 2020, 07.49 PM IST