GENEVA -- The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said in a news briefing in Geneva ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) never advised countries to impose blanket lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic and ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 20, 2025 (ENS) – The first Pandemic Agreement in the world was today formally adopted by consensus as the Member States of the World Health Organization, WHO, voted during the ...

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks at a press conference at the organization’s headquarters in Geneva on March 11, 2020. (WHO photo) The World Health Organization declared ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Expressing alarm both about mounting infections and slow government responses, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -Members of the World Health Organization voted emphatically in favour of a potentially groundbreaking global treaty on improving pandemic preparedness at the World Health Assembly on ...

Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic, leading to stay at-home orders and shutdowns across the U.S. and world. The nation looks much different ...

The organization has faced mounting criticism over its handling of COVID-19. The World Health Organization has faced mounting criticism in recent weeks over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Fresh off his election as World Health Organization director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made his first overseas trip in August 2017. His pick to begin a five-year “world” reign: China. There, ...

LONDON (AP) - An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic started released its final report Friday, reaching an unsatisfying conclusion: ...