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• ‘Imperative’ to assess risks of AI in healthcare, WHO warns

  Its cautionary note comes as artificial intelligence applications are rapidly gaining in popularity, highlighting a technology that could upend the way society operates.

  World

  May 16
  
• Artificial sweeteners not recommended for weight loss, WHO says

  Research suggests consumption of food and beverages with no-sugar sweeteners don’t have any long-term benefit in reducing body fat, according to new WHO guidelines.

  Health

  May 15
  
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• Mpox is no longer a global health emergency, WHO declares

  Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is no longer a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Thursday in a press conference.

  Health

  May 11
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• High herd immunity to COVID-19 in B.C., officials say, as global health emergency ends

  Minister of Health Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry say in a joint statement that COVID-19 is no longer causing severe disease in most people.

  Health

  May 5
• WHO experts meet to decide if COVID-19 is still a global health emergency

  A panel of global health experts are meeting on Thursday to decide if COVID-19 is still an emergency under the WHO's rules.

  Health

  May 4
• WHO presses China on COVID origins info: ‘All hypotheses are on the table’

  "Without full access to the information that China has, you cannot say this or that," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus about the origin of COVID-19.

  Health

  Apr 7
• Kingstonians react after World Health Organization adjusts COVID-19 booster recommendations

  The World Health Organization has classified healthy children up to 17 a low priority for COVID-19 booster vaccinations.

  Canada

  Apr 5
• Should you get another COVID booster? Guidelines are changing

  Additional COVID vaccine boosters are not something the WHO "routinely recommends" for medium or low-risk adults and children.

  Health

  Apr 2
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• WHO now recommends high-risk people get COVID booster 12 months after last dose

  The WHO on Tuesday changed its recommendations for COVID vaccines, suggesting that high-risk populations should receive an additional dose 12 months after their last booster.

  Health

  Mar 28
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• New COVID data links virus origins to animals, but findings not definitive: WHO

  The analysis of the new COVID origins data has not appeared so far in a peer-reviewed journal. How the coronavirus first started sickening people remains uncertain.

  Health

  Mar 17