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World Health Organization official calls for urgent, coordinated action to prevent spread of disease

WHO’s Europe director calls on governments and civil society ‘to scale up efforts’ to reverse the spread of the virus.

Health authorities in Africa say they are treating the expanding monkeypox outbreak here as an emergency and call on rich countries to share the world's limited supply of vaccines

The World Health Organization’s Europe chief has warned that monkeypox cases across the region have tripled in the last two weeks and called on countries to take stronger measures to ensure the previously rare disease does not become entrenched on the continent

The World Health Organisation is investigating reports of infected children in Britain, as well as following up reports in Spain and France

The number of new coronavirus cases rose by 18% in the last week, with more than 4.1 million cases reported globally, according to the World Health Organization. The UN health agency said in its latest weekly report on the pandemic that the worldwide number of deaths remained relatively similar to…

The World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus cases rose by 18% in the last week, with more than 4.1 million new cases reported globally

The Biden administration has launched a national monkeypox vaccination campaign and increased availability of vaccines and treatments.

Turkey has detected its first case of monkeypox in a 37-year-old patient who is in isolation, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday. The virus has been identified in more than 50 new countries outside the countries in Africa where it is endemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) says cases…

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Omicron sub-variants driving up infections in 110 nations, WHO director-general warns