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At World Health Assembly, WHO Chief Pays Tribute to Lost Health Care Workers
Cautions the pandemic is not over and the world remains in very dangerous situation
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WHO: Equitable Access to Health Care Needed in Post-COVID World
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German Health Officials Say New Nationwide Lockdown Needed to Control COVID-19
Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Disease chief says two-to-four-week lockdown would stop COVID-19 'wave'
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WHO: Equitable Access to Health Care Needed in Post-COVID World
In marking this year's World Health Day, the WHO is issuing a call for action to tackle poverty and health inequities
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World Health Organization Expected to Release Report on COVID-19 Origins Tuesday
Preliminary findings say coronavirus that killed millions around the world was likely transmitted from bats to humans via another animal
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WHO Urges World Community to Donate COVID Vaccines to Poorer Countries
WHO chief says 10 million doses urgently needed
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Biden Health Official: US to Surpass 500,000 COVID Deaths in February
Administration vows to be transparent and deliver science-based facts about coronavirus crisis
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WHO Cites Two Studies Showing Economic Impact of Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus say studies show that not delivering equitable access to vaccines would not only be 'a catastrophic moral
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US Pledges to Join World Health Organization's COVID-19 Global Vaccination Initiative
Dr. Anthony Fauci, US President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, makes promise to WHO a day after Biden restores ties to UN health agency cut by for
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California First in US to Post More than 3 Million Total COVID-19 Cases //
Western state has seen dramatic surge of new infections since November that has pushed health care resources to brink of collapse
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WHO: Equitable, Global Distribution of 2 Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Begin in 2021
Funding shortfall could stop COVAX effort to bring vaccines to poorest nations
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WHO: COVID-19 Situation in US is 'Shocking' to See
Emergency response director says US infections account for a third all cases globally
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WHO Chief Calls for Equal Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
Director-General Tedros says same commitment to creating vaccines should go into equitably distributing them
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WHO Calls on International Community to Ensure Access to COVID-19 Vaccine
Director-General Tedros says same commitment to creating vaccines should go into equitably distributing them
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Surge in Africa COVID-19 Cases Due to Large Gatherings, WHO Says
Agency regional director says continent reached two million cases after one-month surges in 19 nations
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US Health Officials: Trump Hindering COVID-19 Care by Blocking Transition to Biden
Trump has refused to concede his defeat while he pursues long-shot legal claims that the November 3 vote was rigged against him
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WHO Urges World's Leaders to Act as COVID-19 Cases Surge
World Health Organization's director-general says nations need to make honest assessments
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UN Chief: $35B Needed to Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccine
As deaths from the coronavirus surpass one million worldwide, Antonio Guterres says financial support will enable scaled up efforts to curb pandemic,
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WHO: Globally, One in Seven COVID-19 Infections Among Health Care Workers
UN organization calls for governments to provide health workers with proper protections
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WHO: European COVID-19 Mortality to Rise in October, November
WHO Official: Different groups may need different vaccines
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WHO Chief Says COVID-19 Straining World's Health Care Systems
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says national safe practices can take pressure off facilities as cases near 22.5 million globally
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WHO Official Urges Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccine in Africa
In this interconnected world it would be short-sighted of wealthy countries to keep vaccine supplies for themselves because no one is safe until every
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AU: Aggressive, Bold' Action Needed to Combat COVID in Africa
250,000 Expected for US Biker Events, Masks Not Required
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Women, Children Suffer as Health Care Resources go to Fight COVID
New UN report shows that health services to women and children have been cut 20%, and the results are higher death rates for mothers and young childre
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WHO Experts Arrive in China to Probe COVID-19 Origins
Geneva-based epidemiologists are expected to negotiate development of a fuller team to investigate how virus jumped from animal kingdom to infect huma
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Africa Seeks Equitable Access to Any COVID-19 Vaccine/
/African leaders rally calling for investment to manufacture a serum at an affordable price as number of infections on continent surpasses 321,000 cas