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'World forgot about Syria,' says WHO as aid trickles in

Dubai (AFP) - A senior World Health Organization official bemoaned Syria's "forgotten crisis" on Friday, as aid began trickling into rebel-held areas, days after a devastating earthquake.

AFP

China defends Covid response as WHO criticises under-reporting of virus deaths

China yesterday defended its handling of its raging Covid-19 outbreak after US president Joe Biden voiced concern and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Beijing was under-reporting virus deaths.

Irish Independent

China Reports Latest COVID Situation in Meeting with WHO

Officials and experts from China on Thursday attended an online meeting with the World Health Organization (WHO), China's national health commission said in a statement. During the meeting Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention officials and experts from Southeast University reported on China's latest COVID-19 prevention and control measures,…

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China is reporting mysteriously low COVID numbers as it opens up. What's really going on?

The WHO says China is reporting relatively low numbers of COVID cases in hospitals, but anecdotally intensive care units are filling up.

ABC News

Tonight's rugby news as Wales star back for derby and URC step in over vile Secret Santa

The latest rugby stories from Wales and beyond today

Wales Online

Harlequins and London Irish spark financial concerns as English rugby 'heads for disaster'

Some Gallagher Premiership clubs look to be in some deep financial trouble after a report outlined where they have gone wrong over the last few years

Daily Mirror

English rugby clubs ‘heading for disaster’ after mounting £300m in debts

Harlequins and London Irish are two clubs noted as being particularly concerning

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WHO Says China May Be Struggling to Keep a Tally of COVID Cases

China may be struggling to keep a tally of COVID-19 infections as the country experiences a big spike in cases, a senior World Health Organization official said on Wednesday, amid concerns about a lack of data from the country. Official figures from China have become an unreliable guide as less…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Potential China wave is 'wild card' for ending COVID emergency - WHO advisors

It may be too early to declare the end of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency phase because of a potentially devastating wave to come in China, several leading scientists and World Health Organization advisors told Reuters.

Reuters

China pushes vaccines as retreat from 'zero-COVID' turns messy

China is racing to vaccinate its most vulnerable with some analysts expecting the country's COVID-19 death toll to soar after the easing of strict controls.

ABC News

China pushes vaccines as retreat from 'zero-COVID' turns messy

China raced to vaccinate its most vulnerable people on Thursday in anticipation of waves of COVID-19 infections, with some analysts expecting the death toll to soar after it eased strict controls that had kept the pandemic at bay for three years.

Reuters

China has a new strategy for keeping official COVID numbers down during its reopening: Stop counting many new infections

With mandatory testing dropped, it can no longer accurately gauge the number of people who have COVID but don’t have symptoms, its National Health Commission said.

Fortune

China's COVID Spike Not Due to Lifting of Restrictions, Says WHO Director

COVID-19 infections were exploding in China well before the government's decision to abandon its strict "zero-COVID" policy, a World Health Organization director said on Wednesday, quashing suggestions that the sudden reversal caused a spike in cases. The comments by the WHO's emergencies director Mike Ryan came as he warned of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO says still doesn't have full access to Ethiopia's Tigray

The World Health Organization said on Friday it still does not have the unfettered access to Ethiopia's northern Tigray region stipulated in a truce signed a month ago.

Reuters

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WEKU

WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racist stigma

"Removing 'monkey' removes the stigma that monkeypox comes with," an expert tells NPR. But he questions why the World Health Organization will wait a year for the change to take full effect.

Los Angeles Times

'We were the greatest team ever.' Anthony Davis, 1972 USC Trojans savor their legacy.

Fifty years after the game that changed his life, Anthony Davis sits in an office surrounded by a museum of his USC memorabilia, wondering what might've been if his biggest moment never materialized.

Bristol Post

Funeral and death notices in Bristol this week - full list of tributes to loved ones lost

Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one

The Guardian - UK

WHO forced to ration vaccine as cholera cases surge worldwide

Health officials halve dose to eke out ‘extremely limited’ supply amid unprecedented rise in outbreaks

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Los Angeles Times

TV dilemma resurfaces after Tua Tagovailoa injury: When to show and when to tell

LOS ANGELES — First the hit, then the hands.

Irish Mirror

Is a new Covid variant set to ruin Ireland's winter? WHO chief sounds alarm

A new Covid variant that is more transmittable and “potentially more severe” could go undetected

WEKU

Critics say 'monkeypox' is a racist name. But it's not going away anytime soon

Scientists call the name "discriminatory and stigmatizing." The World Health Organization agrees. But no progress has been made on finding a new name. And some say the name doesn't need changing.

Daily Mirror

Travel expert explains how to maximise your chance of catching a flight this summer

Mike Ryan, chief executive of travel company PACK & SEND, has offered some top tips for those braced for chaos and lengthy delays at the country's airports this summer

Crikey

How TNT Radio became the home of Australian conspiracy-promoting politicians and personalities

After a series of abandoned media operations, TNT Radio is the latest project of a pair who’ve found success in catering to conspiracists.

Sports Illustrated

How the First USWNT in 1985 Paved the Way for Women in Soccer

The inaugural team was hastily assembled and far from victorious in its international debut, but it laid the foundation for an explosion of the sport’s popularity in this country.

Al Jazeera

Monkeypox has likely spread undetected ‘for some time’: WHO

Appearance of monkeypox cases in many parts of the world suggests there may have been undetected transmission, WHO says.

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