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COVID global death toll passes 5 million: AFP tally

Five million people have died worldwide from COVID-19 since the disease first emerged in China nearly two years ago, according to a tally from...

WHO chief sorry for sex abuse by Ebola workers in DR Congo

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus apologised on Tuesday on what he called a "dark day" for the agency after a damning report...

UN: Pandemic a worldwide wake-up call

The United Nations chief warned that the world is “moving in the wrong direction” and exhorted nations to take urgent action to fight the...

Biden gets inconclusive intel on COVID origins

Washington—A classified US intelligence report delivered to the White House on Tuesday was inconclusive on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, in part due...

WHO: Suspend COVID vaccine booster shots

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WHO chief sounds alarm on ‘harmful’ e-cigarettes, vapes

Geneva, Switzerland—Electronic cigarettes and similar devices are dangerous to health and must be regulated to curb the tobacco industry’s “criminal” tactics to get young...

WHO message to Olympics: World’s failing

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One year late, Tokyo Olympics finally underway

The Tokyo Olympics sports programme finally opened after a year's pandemic delay with softball in disaster-hit Fukushima on Wednesday as the Games suffered their...

China certified malaria-free after 70-year fight

China was certified as malaria-free on Wednesday by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease. The country reported 30...

Sinovac gets WHO okay for use vs. COVID

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UNICEF says rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs

  Countries belonging to the G7 and the European Union can afford to donate more than 150 million vaccines to countries in need without compromising...

‘Far more deadly’ virus in Year 2

Geneva—The World Health Organization has issued a grim warning that the second year of COVID-19 was set to be “far more deadly.” “We’re on track...

India virus deaths top 4k as WHO okays Sinopharm

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US waives patent protection on virus vaccines

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