WHO declares end to COVID-19 global health emergency The World Health Organisation (WHO) has made a milestone declaration on the pandemic, three years after it became a global health emergency. In a The New Daily · May 5, 2023
WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean? The World Health Organization says COVID-19 is no longer a global emergency but the coronavirus is here to stay The Independent UK · May 5, 2023
‘Hasn’t been easy’: Cubs call up catcher Miguel Amaya, who has endured injury ‘roller coaster’ Cubs catcher Yan Gomes still was being evaluated Tuesday after taking a blow to the head in the first inning Monday. Chicago Sun-Times · May 3, 2023
Stepping Out founder Oliver Johnston goes under the Belfast Live spotlight Oliver Johnston set the business up using his own experience of leaving a high-powered job just before the pandemic Belfast Live · Feb 16, 2023
Teen pulled from Turkey earthquake rubble after 94 hours drank own urine to survive Victims are continuing to be pulled from the wreckage of the earthquake which reduced areas of Turkey and Syria this week, including a 17-year-old who had to drink his own urine Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2023
Judge convicts man of sexual assault for slapping woman's backside in supermarket queue Solicitor, Michael Ryan for the man said his client “is a man of his era” Irish Mirror · Jan 18, 2023
WHO: China Stats 'Under-represent' True Impact of Covid Outbreak The World Health Organization criticized China's "very narrow" definition of Covid deaths on Wednesday, warning that official statistics were not showing the true impact of the outbreak. Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 5, 2023
Chinese hospitals taking more Covid cases amid ‘concerning situation’, says WHO Chinese intensive care units are filling up with patients amid a rise in Covid cases across the country, the World Health Organisation has said. Evening Standard · Dec 22, 2022
WHO "very concerned" about reports of severe COVID in China The head of the World Health Organization said the agency is “very concerned” about rising reports of severe coronavirus disease across China after the country largely abandoned its “zero COVID” policy The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022
WHO pleased to see China ease harsh zero COVID policies A top official at the World Health Organization said the U_N_ agency was “pleased” to see China loosening some of its coronavirus restrictions, saying “it’s really important that governments listen to their people when the people are in pain.” The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022
Monkeypox has a new name. Here's why The old name, while confusing, isn’t the issue so much as the weaponization of it, experts say. Fortune · Nov 28, 2022
WHO ranks world’s worst pathogens at risk of sparking pandemics WHO to convene over 300 scientists to consider evidence of more than 25 virus families and bacteria The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022
WHO advises using 1 dose of cholera vaccine due to shortage The World Health Organization and its partners are recommending that countries temporarily switch to using a single dose of the cholera vaccine instead of two due to a global supply shortage The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022
World Health Organization chief declares monkeypox a global emergency Declaring a global emergency means the monkeypox outbreak is an “extraordinary event” that could spill over into more countries and requires a coordinated global response. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 23, 2022
Irish Mirror · Jul 19, 2022 Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda apologises for 'deficits in care' as baby dies just days after birth “I cannot begin to explain how helpless we felt while listening to other newborn babies on the maternity ward while waiting nearly twelve hours to find out exactly how unwell Danny was.”
Daily Mirror · Jun 2, 2022 North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un sends congratulations letter to the Queen Kim, who like the British monarch inherited his position from his father, has written her a letter, the North Korean foreign ministry confirmed today
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 2, 2022 N. Korea Covid Outbreak Likely 'Getting Worse' Says WHO The World Health Organization lamented Wednesday that it had no access to data about North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was deepening, contrary to Pyongyang's reports of "progress". North Korea, which announced its first ever coronavirus cases on May 12, said last week its Covid outbreak had been…
Reuters · Jun 2, 2022 WHO says COVID in North Korea likely 'getting worse, not better' The World Health Organization has cast doubts on North Korea's claims of progress in the fight against a COVID-19 outbreak, saying it believes the situation is getting worse, not better, amid an absence of independent data.
Bangkok Post · Jun 1, 2022 N Korea Covid outbreak 'getting worse' - WHO GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) lamented Wednesday that it had no access to data about North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was deepening, contrary to Pyongyang's reports of "progress".
Liverpool Echo · May 13, 2022 Fish left 'gasping' and boats stranded as canal water levels drop Water levels are reported to have dropped by nearly a metre after a pump was switched off
Radio France Internationale · May 11, 2022 WHO chief says China's zero-Covid strategy is 'unsustainable' China's flagship zero-Covid strategy to defeat the pandemic is unsustainable, the World Health Organization has said, adding that it had told Beijing so and called for a policy shift.
Al Jazeera · May 10, 2022 WHO says China’s zero-COVID strategy unsustainable UN health agency officials say that any measure to tackle a coronavirus outbreak should show respect for human rights.
The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022 Is poor morale among Russia troops undermining Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? All parties engage in information war but some patterns emerging, writes Andrew Buncombe
The Guardian - AU · Mar 10, 2022 ‘One last Christmas’: after six decades together Covid claims husband and wife in same week ‘It would have been so sad to watch one of them mourn the other,’ say daughters of Victorian couple
Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 10, 2022 WHO: Ukraine Health System ‘Engulfed’ by War The war with Russia has sparked a health crisis in Ukraine, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday, decrying at least 18 verified attacks on health care facilities and personnel. The UN health agency said Ukraine's health system was proving "remarkably resilient" following Russia's invasion on February 24. But WHO emergencies…