Under Tedros, the U.N. health agency failed to call out countries including China for blunders that WHO officials grumbled about privately,...

Within days, the world was ablaze with the news that the coronavirus had a new variant of concern - one that appears to be driving a dramat...

It has been reported in at least two dozen countries, and started gaining a foothold in Asia this week, with cases reported from Australia,...

Much remains unknown about the new variant, including whether it is more contagious, as some health authorities suspect, or if it makes peo...

"Cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing focused on Papua New Guinea ...

While some countries that have independent vaccine purchase agreements might start vaccination campaigns in the coming months, others could...

WHO officials said this month the proportion of younger people among those infected had risen globally, putting at risk vulnerable sectors ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is one of historic proportions, compelling us to look at unprecedented social, economic, and business responses that ...

The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that any lifting of lockdowns to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus must be gradua...

Urging governments at all levels in the region to stay engaged in efforts to combat the virus, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacifi...

The World Health Organisation warned Monday against complacency in the fight against bird flu, saying another human influenza pandemic is i...