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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, has said his uncle was "murdered" by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.

Studies in West Africa said the vaccines developed by Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co appear to be safe in children.

The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started. As the third anniversary of the original outbreak rolls around, the WHO said the virus was…

Some Beijing hospitals have as many as 80% of staff infected, according to one doctor, leading to serious staff shortages

Ebola vaccines developed by Johnson Johnson and Merck Co produced virus-fighting antibodies and appear to be safe in children and adults, according to data from two studies published on Wednesday.

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.

The criteria for ending the emergency status will be discussed when the WHO’s COVID-19 emergency committee meets in January, he said.

New estimates show COVID-19 has been responsible for approximately 14.83 million excess deaths worldwide, up to three times more than previously reported.

The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday that Eritrean troops "murdered" his uncle in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

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…

The WHO made a code for long COVID deaths in September 2020, but the U.S. hasn’t implemented it yet.