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The World Health Organization and partners embarked on their polio campaign in 1988 with the bold goal of eradication — a feat seen only once with smallpox in 1980.

Officials acknowledged that the collapse of international aid this year will make it more difficult to reduce the number of unprotected children.

The World Health Organization's probe into the cause of COVID-19 has not resulted in a definitive reason, with its director-general saying all scenarios 'remain on the table.'

The World Health Organization’s member countries agreed on a draft 'pandemic treaty' that sets guidelines for how to confront the next global health crisis.

This is the second outbreak of Marburg in Kagera since 2023.

After pausing the release of testing data during the holidays, some provinces and the northern territories at last helped provide a full view of the national surge in cases.

In a letter to the WHO's leader, Trump also said he'll reconsider the United States' membership within the organization unless those improvements are made within 30 days.

At least eight cities have been shut down —- Wuhan, Ezhou, Huanggang, Chibi, Qianjiang, Zhijiang, Jingmen and Xiantao — all in central China’s Hubei province, where the illness has been concentrated.

The WHO said Thursday there were 8,700 COVID-19 deaths last week, with a 21 per cent jump in the Americas and a 17 per cent increase in the Western Pacific.

BA.4 and BA.5 can dodge antibodies from earlier infection well enough to trigger a new wave, according to South African scientists.

Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak.

While the head of the WHO says the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is 'in sight,' some Canadian experts warn it would be premature to declare the global health crisis over.

A total of 343 Nobel Peace Prize nominees – 251 individuals and 92 organizations – are vying for the 2022 award that will be announced in Oslo, Norway on Friday.

WHO's weekly epidemiological report, released late Tuesday, showed that case counts fell 17 per cent worldwide over the last week while deaths globally declined 7 per cent.

The strikes on the Mariupol threare on Wednesday left a large section of the grand, three-storey theatre collapsed in a smoking ruin, according to photos released by officials.

The new study reports on 44,672 cases confirmed in China as of Feb. 11. The virus caused severe disease such as pneumonia in 14 per cent of them and critical illness in 5 per cent.

The largest number of cases outside China is among passengers and crew of the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined at a port near Tokyo.

COVID-19 cases may have peaked in China, but the rest of the world needs to get ready, a WHO official said.

The conflicting reports raised questions about the Iranian government’s transparency concerning the scale of the outbreak.

A surge of new COVID-19 cases in Iran, Italy and South Korea has some health experts wondering if the containment strategy has failed.