White House has called Chinese opposition to a World Health Organization probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic as "irresponsible" and "dangerous." "Their position is irresponsible and frankly dangerous .

White House calls China's opposition to probe into Covid origins 'irresponsible'

Amid news that Oxford is going to be conducting a trial on the efficacy and safety of the drug 'Ivermectin', for COVID-19 treatment, a controversy has once again taken up social media website Twitter by storm.

'Ivermectin' trends on Twitter after controversy over anti-parasitic drug

World Health Organisation (WHO) officially announced the end of Guinea's second Ebola outbreak. The outbreak was declared on February 14. "I have the honour of declaring the end of Ebola" in Guinea, WHO official Alfred Ki-Zerbo said at a ceremony in the southeastern Nzerekore region where the disease surfaced at the end of January.

WHO officially declares end to second Ebola outbreak in Guinea

The World Health Organisation has said that UK's decision to cut aid will make millions of people susceptible to dying from "neglected tropical diseases". The UK has reduced foreign aid budget from 0.

UK's foreign aid cut may put millions at risk: WHO

Wealthy countries need to give more COVID-19 vaccines and follow the United States in making doses available immediately to cover a 200 million dose gap caused by Indian supply disruptions and manufacturing delays, a World Health Organization (WHO) senior adviser said on Friday.

WHO warns of 'failure' unless rich countries speed up vaccine sharing

China has confirmed the world's first human case of a new strain of bird flu after a 41-year-old man was hospitalised with fever. The National Health Commission of China said on Tuesday that they have found one case of human infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu in Jiangsu province.

China reports world's first human case of H10N3 avian influenza

Taiwan on Monday slammed the World Health Organization on persistent exclusion from an important annual gathering of the World Health Assembly, which focus on preventing the next pandemic catastrophe. Taiwan accused China of conspiracy.

Taiwan blames China for WHO meet snub as it fails to get into crucial WHA meet

Taiwan slams the World Health Organization, takes direct hit at China

Taiwan calls WHO 'indifference' to the health rights as it didn't get invite for crucial WHA meet

World Health Assembly (WHA) members will gather on May 24 to discuss the world's response to COVID-19 pandemic. World leaders have also called for Taiwan's re-entry to the WHA but China is opposing it.

World leaders call for Taiwan's re-entry to the WHA

India accounted for 46 per cent of the new COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide last week and one in four deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

India accounts for 46 per cent of world's new COVID-19 cases, quarter of deaths: WHO

World Health Organization’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus intends to run for a second five-year term as the agency’s chief, Stat News reported on Monday.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to seek re-election: Report

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against jumping to conclusions about a new coronavirus variant discovered in India, saying it had not yet classified it as worrying.

WHO reserves judgement on Indian coronavirus variant

Isolated North Korea has continued to claim a perfect record in keeping out the coronavirus in its latest report to the World Health Organisation. At the beginning of the pandemic more than a year ago, North Korea described its efforts to keep out the virus as a ''matter of national existence.

North Korea tells WHO it's still virus-free

Is the COVID vaccine passport set to become the new norm in 2021 and do we all need to have one soon? This is a pertinent question that is been asked after Israel became the first nation to introduce a certification system allowing those vaccinated against COVID-19 to get entitlement to certain facilities. Everything you need to know about COVID-19 'vaccine passport'.

What is a 'vaccine passport'? All you need to know

While the world is currently fighting the deadly coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed millions of lives, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning about another possible danger in the near future.

Louder please? 1 in 4 people will have hearing problems by 2050, WHO warns

It is time to start solving the mystery of Long Covid, an aspect of the pandemic blighting millions of lives, the World Health Organization's leader on post-Covid conditions told AFP.

Time to team up and tackle Long Covid, says WHO expert

In a finding, the associated press assessed an audio recording about a meeting held between WHO and Chinese officials, the said meeting took place in January 2020 weeks after the COVID-19 Pandemic hit China. This audio exposed that China regardless of being the epicenter for the virus kept the world and UN nations into darkness about the Coronavirus.

WHO recordings show China delayed releasing coronavirus information

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to cooperate with each other rather than playing the blame game about the origin of the deadly coronavirus, warning that the 'patient zero' might never be found.

'We may never find patient zero': WHO urges countries to cooperate

The new coronavirus variant discovered in Britain with a higher transmission rate is not yet out of control and can be contained using existing measures, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

New coronavirus variant not out of control, says WHO

World Health Organization (W.H.O) will dispatch about 2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poor countries. Watch this video to know more.

W.H.O creates COVAX program for all poor countries

World Health Organisation's (WHO) team of international scientists will travel to the Chinese city of Wuhan in the month of January to investigate the origins of the Novel Coronavirus.

WHO's international team to probe Coronavirus origin

The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the world, with over 54 million infections globally, and the estimated loss of lives at 1.3 million. The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said that the vaccine itself would not be able to halt the COVID-19 pandemic.

'A vaccine on its own will not end the pandemic', says WHO chief

The European Commission on Wednesday proposed new rules which would essentially enable the EU to declare a health emergency. In addition, this would allow the EU to test individual national plans in place to tackle pandemics.

EU seeks power to declare health emergencies undermining WHO