WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks at a press conference at the organization’s headquarters in Geneva on March 11, 2020. (WHO photo) The World Health Organization declared ...

While some have mild symptoms with COVID-19, others can have severe symptoms, resulting in hospitalization and even death.

At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, 25 heads of government issued an extraordinary call for a new international treaty for preventing, preparing for, and responding to pandemics. For two years, ...

The organization has faced mounting criticism over its handling of COVID-19. The World Health Organization has faced mounting criticism in recent weeks over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The agreement was adopted after three years of negotiations, and its passage was welcomed with applause. “The agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action. It will ensure ...

It has been four years since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged and caused the deaths and suffering of millions of people across the globe, along with extraordinary economic devastation. In December 2021, ...

Leadership was critical in the Covid-19 pandemic, which became an existential crisis for many Malaysians. This column is ...

Fresh off his election as World Health Organization director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made his first overseas trip in August 2017. His pick to begin a five-year “world” reign: China. There, ...

COVID-19 patients are treated inside a non-invasive ventilation system at the municipal field hospital Gilberto Novaes in Manaus, Brazil, on May 18, 2020. [AP Photo/Felipe Dana] Five years ago, on ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Four years ago, Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. We look back at this milestone through the eyes of a man who was one of the first ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global challenge. No single government or institution can address the threat of future pandemics alone. A convention, agreement or other international instrument is legally ...

In a new book, a team of experts in educational policy, epidemiology and public health chronicles the challenges faced by ...