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The World Health Organization reports that it is now "very likely" that poliovirus has infected Gazan citizens and is spreading among the population. The statement was released shortly after the Gaza Health Ministry declared a polio epidemic in the territory.
2024-07-30

The World Health Organization says that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency, but that it continues to remain a threat in Africa.
2023-05-11

The monkeypox outbreak is declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization.
2022-07-23

The World Health Organization in an email rejects the approval Canada’s CoVLP COVID-19 vaccine over Medicago’s ties to the Philip Morris International tobacco company.
2022-03-24

The World Health Organization names the Lineage B.1.1.529 variant as "Omicron" and designates it as a "variant of concern" due to the variant's large number of mutations and an increased risk of reinfection.
2021-11-26

Worldwide, a record 660,905 new cases are reported over the weekend, according to the World Health Organization's COVID-19 dashboard.
2020-11-15

The number of confirmed cases worldwide increased over 350,000, sets a new record since the beginning of the outbreak in China, according to World Health Organization.
2020-10-9

The World Health Organization monitors an avian flu outbreak in Taiwan, as H5N8 avian flu virus infects nine farms.
2015-01-13

2013 Sudan floods: The WHO reports that floods in Sudan have affected 320,000 people and killed almost 50 people.
2013-08-24

New guidelines published in the "BMJ" ("British Medical Journal") call on mothers to begin weaning their babies off breast milk before six months, contradicting World Health Organization advice from 2001.
2011-01-14