5.20.22
CDC warns doctors to watch for monkeypox
—Nathaniel Weixel // The Hill // 20 May 2022 // 6:23 PM ET
CDC warns doctors to watch for monkeypox
—Nathaniel Weixel // The Hill // 20 May 2022 // 6:23 PM ET
12.31.21
WHO chief gives New Year speech: 'If we end inequity, we end the pandemic'
—Brad Dress // 31 Dec. 2021 // 3:14 PM EST
WHO chief gives New Year speech: 'If we end inequity, we end the pandemic'
—Brad Dress // 31 Dec. 2021 // 3:14 PM EST
5.24.21
The Wuhan Lab Leak Question: A Disused Chinese Mine Takes Center Stage
—Jeremy Page, Betsy McKay, & Drew Hinshaw // 24 May 2021 // 11:48 AM ET
5.12.21
Inquiry Into Early Covid-19 Response Finds WHO Delays but Spares China
—Drew Hinshaw & Betsy McKay // 12 May 2021 // 9:07 AM ET
The Wuhan Lab Leak Question: A Disused Chinese Mine Takes Center Stage
—Jeremy Page, Betsy McKay, & Drew Hinshaw // 24 May 2021 // 11:48 AM ET
5.12.21
Inquiry Into Early Covid-19 Response Finds WHO Delays but Spares China
—Drew Hinshaw & Betsy McKay // 12 May 2021 // 9:07 AM ET
3.7.21
“This is disappointing, but not surprising,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters last week. “This is a global crisis that requires a consistent and coordinated global response.”
—Reid Wilson, "World on brink of fourth wave of coronavirus," 7 Mar. 2021 {11:00 AM EST}
“This is disappointing, but not surprising,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters last week. “This is a global crisis that requires a consistent and coordinated global response.”
—Reid Wilson, "World on brink of fourth wave of coronavirus," 7 Mar. 2021 {11:00 AM EST}
1.31.21
WHO investigators visit Wuhan market in hunt for virus origin
—John Bowden // 31 Jan. 2021 // 12:31 PM EST
WHO investigators visit Wuhan market in hunt for virus origin
—John Bowden // 31 Jan. 2021 // 12:31 PM EST
11.6.20
In late October, the World Health Organization declared Europe the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic after it reached a record of confirmed cases of COVID-19. “Europe is at the epicenter of this pandemic once again,” WHO European regional director Hans Kluge said in a meeting with European health ministers, at the time, per AP. “At the risk of sounding alarmist, I must express our very real concern.”
—Jordan Williams, "Famous Paris bookshop that published 'Ulysses' pleads for help," 6 Nov. 2020 {10:12 AM EST}
In late October, the World Health Organization declared Europe the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic after it reached a record of confirmed cases of COVID-19. “Europe is at the epicenter of this pandemic once again,” WHO European regional director Hans Kluge said in a meeting with European health ministers, at the time, per AP. “At the risk of sounding alarmist, I must express our very real concern.”
—Jordan Williams, "Famous Paris bookshop that published 'Ulysses' pleads for help," 6 Nov. 2020 {10:12 AM EST}
10.14.20
WHO warns 10,000 more underfed children could die each month amid pandemic
—Cameron Jenkins // 14 Oct. 2020 // 12:21 PM EDT
WHO warns 10,000 more underfed children could die each month amid pandemic
—Cameron Jenkins // 14 Oct. 2020 // 12:21 PM EDT
9.23.20
They expressed frustration that the CDC, long an independent voice of dispassionate science, has bent to the whims of an administration that does not acknowledge the severity of a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 people in the U.S. They have seen guidance revised or removed — most recently this week, when the CDC took down language that acknowledged the virus mainly spreads through aerosol droplets, something the World Health Organization said months ago.
—Reid Wilson, "Despair at CDC after Trump influence: 'I have never seen morale this low,'" 23 Sep. 2020 {6:00 AM EDT}
9.12.20
The hyper-viral short documentary “Out of the Shadows” fueled baseless theories linking the coronavirus’s origins to Bill Gates, 5G towers and the World Health Organization, Alex Newhouse, digital research lead at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism at the Middlebury Institute, told The Hill.
—Chris Mills Rodrigo, "QAnon spreads across globe, shadowing COVID-19," 12 Sep. 2020 {6:32 AM EDT}
They expressed frustration that the CDC, long an independent voice of dispassionate science, has bent to the whims of an administration that does not acknowledge the severity of a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 people in the U.S. They have seen guidance revised or removed — most recently this week, when the CDC took down language that acknowledged the virus mainly spreads through aerosol droplets, something the World Health Organization said months ago.
—Reid Wilson, "Despair at CDC after Trump influence: 'I have never seen morale this low,'" 23 Sep. 2020 {6:00 AM EDT}
9.12.20
The hyper-viral short documentary “Out of the Shadows” fueled baseless theories linking the coronavirus’s origins to Bill Gates, 5G towers and the World Health Organization, Alex Newhouse, digital research lead at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism at the Middlebury Institute, told The Hill.
—Chris Mills Rodrigo, "QAnon spreads across globe, shadowing COVID-19," 12 Sep. 2020 {6:32 AM EDT}
4.15.20
WHO's diplomatic balancing act faces new challenge with Trump attacks
—Reid Wilson // 15 Apr. 2020 // 3:23 PM EDT
WHO's diplomatic balancing act faces new challenge with Trump attacks
—Reid Wilson // 15 Apr. 2020 // 3:23 PM EDT
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