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June 9, 2020

WHO believes protests important amid coronavirus pandemic

The World Health Organization momentarily paused its discussion of the coronavirus pandemic to address the worldwide protests taking place against police violence and racial inequality.

June 8, 2020

Coronavirus: Asymptomatic spread 'appears to be rare,' WHO official says

The spread of coronavirus by people not showing symptoms "appears to be rare," a World Health Organization official said Monday.

June 2, 2020

WHO frustrated by China's info delays as coronavirus started to spread, report finds

While the World Health Organization publicly praised China in January for its speedy response to the then-new coronavirus, the U.N. health agency was frustrated behind the scenes by China’s delays in sharing information needed to fight the spread of the virus, The Associated Press has found.

May 29, 2020

Trump announces US ‘terminating’ relationship with WHO

President Trump announced Friday that the U.S. is "terminating" its relationship with the embattled World Health Organization (WHO) over its failure to enact reforms in the face of concerns over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and its pro-China bias.

May 28, 2020

WHO guidance: Healthy people should wear masks only when 'taking care of' coronavirus patients

The World Health Organization is recommending that healthy people, including those who don't exhibit COVID-19 symptoms, only wear masks when taking care of someone infected with the contagion, a sharp contrast from the advice of American public health officials who recommend everyone wear a mask in public. 

May 28, 2020

6 feet likely not far enough to stop COVID-19 transmission: experts

Experts on Tuesday said they believe the six-feet of distance recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) may not be enough to limit the transmission of COVID-19.

May 25, 2020

WHO temporarily halts hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine trials for coronavirus treatment pending safety review

The World Health Organization said it will temporarily halt global trials of hydroxychloroquine – the malaria drug President Trump said he is taking to prevent coronavirus infection – and chloroquine after a study showed that hospitalized coronavirus patients taking the drugs have a higher mortality rate.

May 23, 2020

Coronavirus cases in Africa top 100,000 as WHO says virus is on a 'different pathway'

The coronavirus has reached every African country, infecting more than 100,000 people, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday.

May 22, 2020

Lockdown measures have kept nearly 80 million children from receiving preventive vaccines

The coronavirus pandemic has enforced stay-at-home orders that are putting young children at risk of contracting measles, polio and diphtheria according to a Friday report by the World Health Organization (WHO).

May 22, 2020

Rep. Roger Marshall, M.D.: WHO desperately needs reform – here’s how to protect global health now

The COVID-19 pandemic is just one more example of the WHO’s willingness to let politics govern over their core responsibility as a global public health watchdog.