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WHO Investigators Visit Research Center in Wuhan
Investigators from the World Health Organization visited a research center in Wuhan on Wednesday.
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WHO Team Visits Wuhan Virus Lab at Center of Speculation
World Health Organization investigators have visited a research center in the central Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus
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WHO Team Visits Wuhan Food Market in Search of Virus Clues
A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has visited the food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many early infections
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WHO Team Visits 2nd Wuhan Hospital in Virus Investigation
A World Health Organization team is visiting a hospital where China says the first COVID-19 patients were treated more than a year ago.
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China Pushes Conspiracy Theories on COVID Origin, Vaccines
China is trying to spread doubt about the effectiveness of Western vaccines and the origin of the coronavirus as a World Health Organization-selected team of scientists is in the city where the pandemic began
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United States Rejoins World Health Organization
President Biden signed the order for the U.S. to rejoin the World Health Organization.
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WHO Team Arrives in Wuhan to Investigate Pandemic Origins
A global team of researchers has arrived in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to investigate its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries
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WHO Was Warned Lives Were at Risk Over Yanked Italy Report
Emails seen by The Associated Press show that an official who coordinated work on a withdrawn World Health Organization report into Italy’s coronavirus response warned his bosses that people could die if the agency allowed political concerns to suppress the document
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WHO to Sift Chinese Samples, Data in Hunt for Virus Origins
A scientist taking part in the World Health Organization’s mission track down the origins of the coronavirus says they plan to sift through samples and medical data from China to help determine where the bug came from
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WHO Recommends Against Making Vaccine Mandatory
“I don’t think we envision any countries creating a mandate for vaccination,” Kate O’Brien, director of the World Health Organization’s immunization department, said Monday.
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World Health Organization Has Mixed News on World AIDS Day
Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, and the World Health Organization has mixed news about the progress made in fighting the disease.
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WHO Chief Tedros to Quarantine After Contact Gets COVID-19
The head of the World Health Organization says he will self-quarantine after being identified as a contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19
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6 Months Ago Today, WHO Declared COVID-19 a Pandemic: What's Next From Here?
Exactly six months ago Friday, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic. Half a year later, nearly 200,000 Americans — about 15 percent of them New Yorkers — have died of a virus no one had ever heard of this time last year. Thousands more will die, health officials warn — and while daily COVID cases have…
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COVID-19 Lawsuits from First Responders Target NYC and China
First responders plan to sue the city for negligence, and are joining a federal class action suit claiming China withheld and distorted information about COVID-19. The I-Team’s Sarah Wallace reports.
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WHO: Children Aged 6-to-11 Should Wear Masks at Times, Too
Just as millions of children are heading back to school, the World Health Organization says those aged 6 to 11 should wear masks in some cases to help fight the spread of coronavirus. The recommendations presented Monday follow the widespread belief that children under 12 are not considered as likely to propagate the virus as much as adults. Children in…
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WHO Recommends Postponing Dentist Appointments During Pandemic
The World Health Organization released updated coronavirus guidelines which recommend that all non-urgent dental visits be postponed until after the pandemic to reduce the spread.
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WHO Sees ‘Green Shoots of Hope' in Coronavirus Fight as Global Cases Near 20 Million
The World Health Organization said Monday there are glimmers of hope in the fight against the coronavirus, even as global cases from the virus near 20 million and deaths approach 750,000. “I know many of you are grieving and that this is a difficult moment for the world,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press conference from the agency’s...
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WHO Says There's No ‘Silver Bullet' to Defeat Coronavirus and ‘There Might Never Be'
The World Health Organization said Monday there may never be a “silver bullet” for the coronavirus even as scientists and drugmakers across the globe race to find a safe and effective vaccine. Scientists have made progress in identifying treatments that can help people with the most severe forms of Covid-19, and a number of vaccines are in late-stage trials, WHO Director-General...
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US Debates School Reopening, WHO Warns ‘no Return to Normal'
The resurgence of the coronavirus in the United States has ignited fierce debate about whether to reopen schools, as global health officials warn that the pandemic will intensify unless more countries adopt comprehensive plans to combat it