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The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Health Ministry announces that the mystery illness that has left at least 143 people dead in Kwango is actually a severe form of malaria. The World Health Organization says more malaria vaccines are being sent to its health centres in the region.
2024-12-17

The World Health Organization declares Egypt to be malaria-free.
2024-10-21

The World Health Organization holds an emergency meeting in response to the recent monkeypox outbreak.
2022-05-20

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 WHO guideline development group of international experts recommends the use of rheumatoid arthritis drug Baricitinib for severe and critical COVID-19 patients in combination with corticosteroids.
2022-01-13

The Fijian government announces that it will soon begin administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, facilitated through UNICEF and the World Health Organization.
2021-07-10

China is declared malaria-free by the WHO, following an eradication effort that began in 1950.
2021-06-30

The World Health Organization says at least 20 vaccines for COVID-19 are in development around the world and that clinical trials are underway.
2020-03-21

The World Health Organization declares an end to its global health crisis over the spread of the Zika virus as it has been shown to be a dangerous mosquito-borne disease like malaria or yellow fever.
2016-11-18

The World Health Organization reports that an outbreak of bubonic plague in Madagascar has killed 40 people.
2014-11-21