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A World Health Organisation (WHO) Foundation chief has said the UK’s decision to stop its Covid testing programme is “very worrying”.

Exclusive: UK’s choice to dismantle Covid-19 testing is “very worrying” says leading WHO head

Exactly two years ago, on March 11 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

And what happens when the principle of medical neutrality is abandoned during times of conflict?

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it has confirmed 18 attacks on medical facilities since the Russian invasion began two weeks ago

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…

An airstrike on a maternity hospital in the port city of Mariupol wounded women while they waited to give birth and buried children in the rubble

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the Omicron variant is 75 per cent less severe than other novel coronavirus variants. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

The World Health Organization says it has issued guidance advising people on how to test themselves for the coronavirus, months after critics said the lack of recommendations was compromising efforts to stop the pandemic in poor countries

Just 5% think the Government is best placed to declare the end of the crisis

Global health body wrote that it ‘appreciates feedback’ on Facebook post that drew immediate outrage