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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union urged the United States on Saturday to reconsider its decision to cut ties with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World … Continue reading EU urges U.S. to reconsider decision to cut ties with WHO
FILE PHOTO: Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), walks past the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) after the World Health Assembly (WHA) following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Geneva, Switzerland, May … Continue reading EU urges U.S. to reconsider decision to cut ties with World Health Organization
WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States will end its relationship with the World Health Organization over the body’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday, accusing the U.N. agency of becoming a puppet of … Continue reading Trump cutting U.S. ties with World Health Organization over virus
U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about U.S. trade relations with China and Hong Kong in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump … Continue reading Trump says terminating U.S. relationship with World Health Organization over virus
ZURICH (Reuters) – Thirty-seven countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) appealed on Friday for common ownership of vaccines, medicines and diagnostic tools to tackle the global coronavirus pandemic, taking aim at patent laws they fear could become a barrier … Continue reading WHO, 37 countries launch alliance to share tools to battle COVID-19
FILE PHOTO: Coffins that have been piling up in a church due to a high number of deaths, are seen before they are taken away by military trucks, as Italy struggles to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in … Continue reading WHO official: European deaths spike since March linked to COVID-19
GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) – The World Health Organization announced on Wednesday the creation of a foundation to tap new sources of funding that could help ease a potential cash shortage as it leads the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic. FILE … Continue reading WHO creates foundation to boost funding in coronavirus fight
FILE PHOTO: Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attends a news conference on the coronavirus (COVID-2019) in Geneva, Switzerland February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo GENEVA (Reuters) – World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Wednesday … Continue reading WHO chief announces creation of foundation to tap new funding sources
FILE PHOTO: A nurse shows a Hydroxychloroquine pill, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Nossa Senhora da Conceicao hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Diego Vara ZURICH (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday promised … Continue reading WHO expects hydroxychloroquine safety findings by mid-June
FILE PHOTO: Laura Ng, who has lupus and had to recently call at least five pharmacies before she could find a place to fill her hydroxychloroquine prescription, is photographed in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 31, 2020. Ng said she is … Continue reading WHO pauses trial of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns
FILE PHOTO: Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), attends a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse GENEVA (Reuters) – Countries where coronavirus infections are declining could still face … Continue reading WHO warns of ‘second peak’ in areas where COVID-19 declining
FILE PHOTO: Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), attends a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse GENEVA (Reuters) – Countries where coronavirus infections are declining could still face … Continue reading WHO warns of ‘second peak’ in areas where COVID-19 declining
