WHO team blocked from entering China to study origins of coronavirus
WHO officials have long been negotiating with Beijing to allow a team of global scientists access to key sites to investigate origin of virus.
Coronavirus may never go away, World Health Organization warns
Almost 300,000 people worldwide are reported to have died with coronavirus, and more than 4.3m cases recorded.
Congo Ebola outbreak declared global health emergency
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern”. The move may encourage wealthy donor countries to provide more cash. But the WHO stopped short of saying borders should be closed, saying the risk of the disease spreading outside the region was […]
New Ebola Cases in Uganda Raise Fears of Spread Beyond Congo
 Uganda announced two more cases of Ebola on Wednesday a grandmother and a three-year-old boy confirming that a deadly outbreak has spread for the first time beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Ugandan cases show the epidemic is entering a “truly frightening” phase and could kill many more people, one infectious disease specialist told […]