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Russian attacks on Ukraine health facilities rebuked
The World Health Assembly voted to condemn and call for an immediate end to Russia's military attacks on Ukraine's hospitals, clinics and ambulances.
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The World Health Assembly voted to condemn and call for an immediate end to Russia's military attacks on Ukraine's hospitals, clinics and ambulances.
The World Health Organization's governing body opened its weeklong annual meeting against a backdrop of financial tumoil and war in Europe.
There have been almost 15 million deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic — more than twice the official death toll — according to new estimates.
Red Cross and U.N. workers rescued civilians from Ukraine's besieged Mariupol, busing them to safety as part of a negotiated "safe passage" operation.
The global number of confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 500 million with nearly 6.2 million deaths as a highly contagious Omicron sub-variant surged.
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO’s director-general says it is nowhere near the end as nations seek to lift restrictions.
Despite U.S.-China tensions, leaders touted cooperation on the pandemic, climate action, and economic recovery during the Davos Agenda virtual gathering.
The global number of confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 300 million with 5.47 million deaths as nations reeled from an Omicron variant of the virus.
Initial evidence shows the risk from the new variant is "very high" and could cause surges with severe consequences, the U.N. health agency said.
Europe is again at the pandemic's center with COVID-19 now the leading cause of death on the continent, WHO reported, as nations tighten preventive measures.
The U.N. health agency and other international organizations began airlifting emergency supplies to Afghanistan through neighboring Pakistan and its airline.
Confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide topped 200 million with 4.25 million deaths, amid a surge in highly transmissible delta variant infections.
World hunger "shot up" during the pandemic, leaving nearly 1-in-10 people undernourished mostly in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
The G-7 summit wrapped up with vows to end the pandemic, fight climate change and incorporate U.S. President Biden's pledge to “build back better."
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus closed out the World Health Assembly with a warning against complacency and an appeal for a global pandemic treaty.
An independent expert panel faulted the World Health Organization and world leaders with a slow-moving response to the coronavirus pandemic.