The Philippines nears the upper-middle-income level but is “not likely” to achieve high-income status by 2040 if its current economic growth rate persists, Department...
Washington, United States — President Donald Trump's administration said Friday the United States was rejecting changes agreed last year for the World Health Organization...
Geneva, Switzerland—Years of negotiations culminated early Wednesday with countries agreeing the text of a landmark accord on how to tackle future pandemics, aimed at avoiding...
Geneva, Switzerland—Countries hope more than three years of negotiations on battling future pandemics will finally end Tuesday, after reaching a preliminary agreement last week.
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Washington, United States—A study published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that people can transmit bird flu to their...
Washington, United States—President Joe Biden's outgoing administration on Thursday announced $211 million in new funding to develop mRNA vaccines against emerging biothreats and said it...
Paris, France—Five years since Covid-19 started upending the world, the virus is still infecting and killing people across the globe -- though at far lower...
Washington, United States—US lawmakers concluded a two-year investigation Monday into the Covid-19 outbreak that killed 1.1 million Americans—backing the theory that the virus likely leaked...
AN ANTI-CORRUPTION advocate at the House of Representatives has rallied behind the Office of Ombudsman’s filing of criminal charges against former high-ranking government officials...
Paris, France—An mpox outbreak spreading across several African countries, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has called a global emergency, has caused a spike in...
SYDNEY – COVID-19 is still driving Australia’s above-average mortality rate, research showed on Monday, with experts predicting the disease’s impact will continue to be...
