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White House Says It Won’t Help Global Vaccine Effort to Spite China, World Health Organisation
The U.S. won’t contribute to an international effort to develop a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes covid-19, the White House said on Tuesday, because it involves the “corrupt World Health Organisation” and China.
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Second-Largest Ebola Outbreak in History Is Finally Over
Local health officials and the World Health Organisation today finally declared the end of an outbreak of Ebola that had plagued the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa for nearly two years. It was the second-largest outbreak of the deadly viral disease in recorded history, infecting over 3,400 people and killing 2,280. The good…
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Brazil’s President Accuses the WHO of ‘Ideological Bias’ and Threatens Withdrawal
U.S. President Donald Trump apparently isn’t the only world leader unhappy with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and who’s willing to take drastic steps in response. On Friday, Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro accused the WHO of having an “ideological bias” and threatened to withdraw from the organisation.
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World Health Organisation Halts Trials of Trump’s ‘Miracle’ Covid-19 Drug, Citing Safety Concerns
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is temporarily suspending clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine as an experimental coronavirus treatment amid mounting safety concerns. Surprising no one, it appears the antimalarial drug might not be the “miracle” covid-19 treatment that President Donald Trump has hyped it up to be.