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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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).

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

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.

Sen. Rick Scott bill would protect coronavirus vaccine research from China

May 21, 2020

Sen. Rick Scott bill would protect coronavirus vaccine research from China

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., joined several of his GOP Senate colleagues on Thursday in introducing legislation aimed at protecting America's coronavirus vaccine research, from the odious apparatus of China's communist government.

Trump fires back against China’s ‘massive disinformation campaign’ about coronavirus

May 21, 2020

Trump fires back against China’s ‘massive disinformation campaign’ about coronavirus

President Trump unleashed a series of scathing tweets Wednesday night in response to what he called a “massive disinformation campaign” launched by the Chinese government regarding the coronavirus outbreak.

WHO database on health care attacks omits Chinese doctor suppression

May 20, 2020

WHO database on health care attacks omits Chinese doctor suppression

A World Health Organization database on attacks on health care makes no mention of the silencing of doctors who sought to sound the alarm on the novel coronavirus by the Chinese government — something critics say is the latest sign of the embattled agency’s pro-China bias.

Ex-WHO official says coronavirus not increasing in reopened spots: 'It's as though something has changed'

May 20, 2020

Ex-WHO official says coronavirus not increasing in reopened spots: 'It's as though something has changed'

Dr. Karol Sikora, an oncologist and former chief of the World Health Organization's Cancer Program, told "The Ingraham Angle" Tuesday that locations that have lifted coronavirus-induced restrictions on economic and other activities are not seeing the feared spike in cases.