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WHO's Southeast Asia regional chief Saima Wazed resigns amid fraud allegations
The resignation marks another fallout from the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, as allegations against her family continue to reverberate beyond Bangladesh.
DRC set to receive 70,000 Ebola vaccines, not approved for current strain, WHO says
Patient held in isolation in Soroka Hospital tests negative for Ebola after returning from DRC
Israeli law mandating graphic warning images on all smoking products takes effect
UN agencies 'alarmed' at scale of Jenin raid, concerned about access
"Attacks against healthcare including prevention of access to persons injured are extremely concerning," said WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier.
WHO's cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen-sources
Aspartame will be listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the WHO cancer research arm.
Russia alleges American vaccine side effects, offers 'Sputnik V' instead
Russia accused the WHO of rejecting the vaccines that were developed in Russia for 'pure opportunistic reasons' while claiming they had proven their effectiveness.
COVID is no longer global health emergency - WHO
Lifting it is a sign of the progress the world has made in these areas, but COVID-19 is here to stay, the WHO has said, even if it no longer represents an emergency.
'High bio-hazard risk' in Sudan after laboratory seized, WHO says
The WHO's Nima Saeed Abid said technicians were unable to access the National Public Health Laboratory to secure the biological materials.
Elon Musk, WHO spar on Twitter over UN agency's role
Since COVID-19 first emerged, the World Health Organization has complained of an epidemic of misinformation about the pandemic.
WHO sending medics and supplies to Turkey and Syria earthquake zone
WHO doctor kidnapped in eastern Mali
The doctor was taken from his car in the town of Menaka, where Jihadist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State are active.
Syrian health ministry says cholera death toll rises to 29
Syria said on Monday that 29 people had died of cholera in what the United Nations has called the worst outbreak of the disease in the war-torn country for years.
Uganda health ministry confirms Ebola outbreak
A 24-year-old man in Uganda's central Mubende district showed symptoms and later died.
