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China has a new strategy for keeping official COVID numbers down during its reopening: Stop counting many new infections

With mandatory testing dropped, it can no longer accurately gauge the number of people who have COVID but don’t have symptoms, its National Health Commission said.

Fortune

China's COVID Spike Not Due to Lifting of Restrictions, Says WHO Director

COVID-19 infections were exploding in China well before the government's decision to abandon its strict "zero-COVID" policy, a World Health Organization director said on Wednesday, quashing suggestions that the sudden reversal caused a spike in cases. The comments by the WHO's emergencies director Mike Ryan came as he warned of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO says still doesn't have full access to Ethiopia's Tigray

The World Health Organization said on Friday it still does not have the unfettered access to Ethiopia's northern Tigray region stipulated in a truce signed a month ago.

Reuters

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WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racist stigma

"Removing 'monkey' removes the stigma that monkeypox comes with," an expert tells NPR. But he questions why the World Health Organization will wait a year for the change to take full effect.

WEKU

'We were the greatest team ever.' Anthony Davis, 1972 USC Trojans savor their legacy.

Fifty years after the game that changed his life, Anthony Davis sits in an office surrounded by a museum of his USC memorabilia, wondering what might've been if his biggest moment never materialized.

Los Angeles Times

Funeral and death notices in Bristol this week - full list of tributes to loved ones lost

Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one

Bristol Post

WHO forced to ration vaccine as cholera cases surge worldwide

Health officials halve dose to eke out ‘extremely limited’ supply amid unprecedented rise in outbreaks

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TV dilemma resurfaces after Tua Tagovailoa injury: When to show and when to tell

LOS ANGELES — First the hit, then the hands.

Los Angeles Times

Is a new Covid variant set to ruin Ireland's winter? WHO chief sounds alarm

A new Covid variant that is more transmittable and “potentially more severe” could go undetected

Irish Mirror

Critics say 'monkeypox' is a racist name. But it's not going away anytime soon

Scientists call the name "discriminatory and stigmatizing." The World Health Organization agrees. But no progress has been made on finding a new name. And some say the name doesn't need changing.

WEKU

Travel expert explains how to maximise your chance of catching a flight this summer

Mike Ryan, chief executive of travel company PACK & SEND, has offered some top tips for those braced for chaos and lengthy delays at the country's airports this summer

Daily Mirror

How the First USWNT in 1985 Paved the Way for Women in Soccer

The inaugural team was hastily assembled and far from victorious in its international debut, but it laid the foundation for an explosion of the sport’s popularity in this country.

Sports Illustrated

Monkeypox has likely spread undetected ‘for some time’: WHO

Appearance of monkeypox cases in many parts of the world suggests there may have been undetected transmission, WHO says.

Al Jazeera

WHO: COVID "getting worse, not better" in North Korea

A top official at the World Health Organization said the U.N. health agency assumes the coronavirus outbreak in North Korea is “getting worse, not better,” despite the secretive country’s recent claims that COVID-19 is slowing there

The Independent UK

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Reuters

Pathogens jumping to humans from animals becoming more frequent, warns WHO

Outbreaks of endemic diseases such as monkeypox and lassa fever are becoming more persistent and frequent, the World Health Organization's (WHO) emergencies director, Mike Ryan, warned on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

WHO: Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox in more than 20 countries

The World Health Organization says nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, but described the epidemic as “containable” and proposed creating a stockpile to equitably share the limited vaccines and drugs available worldwide

WEKU

Shanghai maintains 'zero-COVID' policy but the U.N. says it is not sustainable

The leader of the World Health Organization says he doesn't think that a 'zero-COVID' strategy is sustainable, given the behavior of the virus.

The Independent UK

Shanghai reaffirms 'zero-COVID'; WHO says not sustainable

Shanghai is reaffirming China's strict “zero-COVID" approach to pandemic control, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said that was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies

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The Guardian - UK

China’s zero-Covid policy is not sustainable, WHO director general says

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls for shift in approach as scores of Chinese cities remain in strictly enforced lockdown

Reuters

WHO chief says China's zero-COVID policy not 'sustainable'

The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday China's zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy is not sustainable given what is now known of the virus, in rare public comments by the U.N. agency on a government's handling of the pandemic.

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO chief says China’s 'zero-COVID' policy not ‘sustainable’

The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday China's zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy is not sustainable given what is now known of the virus, in rare public comments by the UN agency on a government's handling of the pandemic. "We don't think that it is sustainable considering the behavior…

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Here’s who owns every 2022 Kentucky Derby horse and the road they took to Churchill Downs

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Just getting a contender into the 20-horse Kentucky Derby field is a tall order, much less winning the race.

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