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Current public health guidelines, including those from the World Health Organization (WHO), recommend at least 150 minutes of moderate outdoor activity per week to maintain optimal health.

ANALYSIS: Negotiations to ensure richer countries share vaccines and drugs with poorer countries during health emergencies had threatened to derail negotiations, writes Rachel Schraer

The UN health agency is asking for the equivalent of €3.7 billion for the next two years to fill a funding shortfall.

Hailed as ‘a victory for public health,’ the agreement aims to build on the lessons of Covid-19 and protect the globe from pathogenic threats

The World Health Organization's member countries have approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics in the wake of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus

Omicron subvariant has become the dominant global strain, though India reports only mild cases so far

The agreement will be legally binding, but it won’t enter into force right away.

"It is our jobs to protect our children first, and that this was me doing my job."

It's complicated

The political decisions made during 2020 and 2021 to combat the Covid-19 pandemic profoundly altered daily life. Professionally, societies faced partial unemployment and widespread adoption of remote work; personally, individuals endured lockdowns and social distancing measures. These interventions aimed to reduce infection rates and ease pressure on healthcare systems, with…

Health facilities have closed and health workers are losing their jobs, WHO director Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says