May 5, 2022 Nearly 15M deaths worldwide associated with COVID-19: WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that its new estimates show the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 2021 was approximately 14.9 million.
April 29, 2022 WHO, UNICEF warn about ‘perfect storm’ for measles in children UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) are warning communities about what they say is a "perfect storm" of conditions for measles outbreaks in children. The agencies said that reported worldwide measles cases increased by 79% in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same time period last year.
April 29, 2022 South Korea to relax outdoor mask mandate as infections fall South Korea will relax its outdoor face mask mandate next week.
April 21, 2022 COVID cases declined again last week worldwide: WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a weekly report that the number of new COVID-19 cases around the world fell by nearly a quarter last week.
April 13, 2022 Ukraine focus shows bias against Black lives, WHO chief says World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hit the global community Wednesday for its focus on the war in Ukraine, questioning "if the world really gives equal attention to Black and White lives."
April 13, 2022 COVID cases, deaths fall for third consecutive week, World Health Organization says The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) fell for a third consecutive week, a trend likely helped by the dismantling of testing and surveillance programs.
April 12, 2022 WHO tracking new omicron sub-variants amid US BA.2 surge The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that it is tracking two new omicron sub-variants.
March 29, 2022 Omicron BA.2 sub-variant now globally prevalent A sub-variant of the highly transmissible omicron COVID-19 variant known as BA.2 is now dominant worldwide, prompting surges in many countries in Europe and Asia. It is also raising concern over the potential for a new wave in the U.S.
March 22, 2022 CDC says omicron sub-variant BA.2 accounts for around 35% of COVID-19 variants in US BA.2, the omicron sub-variant, now accounts for nearly 35% of all COVID-19 variants in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
March 21, 2022 Omicron subvariant BA.2: Health officials call it 'variant of concern' WHO said in a recent statement “initial data suggest that BA.2 appears inherently more transmissible than BA.1, which currently remains the most common Omicron sublineage reported.”
