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The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly 2-1/2 years after it was first declared. The Emergency Committee, made up of independent experts, said in a statement that rising cases, ongoing viral evolution and pressure on health services in a number of countries meant…

The WHO declared it a probable human carcinogen in 2015 and 70-80 UK councils have turned to chemical-free options

WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers are working in an unusually bipartisan manner to boost federal funding across the government’s spate of defense, technology and international development programs — all in the name of pushing back against long-term strategic security threats emanating from China.

Almost all European countries have reported surge in infections, driven mainly by Omicron variant BA.5

House Republicans oppose Democrats' push for more funding support for the U.N., despite China's growing influence within the organization.

Symptoms can persist for weeks but work on causes and treatments is still developing. Here’s what we know so far

The World Health Organization is waiting for the samples, taken from two unrelated patients, to be processed in Senegal before officially confirming the cases.

The grizzly condition, called Marburg Virus Disease, has an average case fatality rate of around 50 per cent.

Two suspected cases in Ghana with World Health Organisation investigation under way