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Over 100 killed in attacks on Sudan kindergarten and hospital, WHO says

The WHO database said heavy weapons were used and that 114 people, including 63 children, were killed and 35 wounded.

Displaced Sudanese children who fled with their families during violence in al-Fashir, sit inside a camp shelter, amid ongoing clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan November 3, 2025.
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with US Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, DC, US, November 12, 2025.

US CDC adopts Kennedy's anti-vaccine views on recast website

Palestinians carry aid supplies that entered Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Zawaida, in the central Gaza Strip, October 21, 2025.

Aid delivery to Gaza faces major hurdles, nutritional crisis continues, WHO, aid groups say

Tylenol is displayed for sale at a pharmacy in New York City, New York, US, September 5, 2025.

WHO: No evidence linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism


WHO appeals for humanitarian access to Gaza to help treat wounded

"The severity of injuries is straining an already overwhelmed health system that is facing critical shortages of essential medicines and supplies while also battling the COVID-19 pandemic."

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Coronavirus creates an opportunity to fight hospital-acquired infections

Highlighting the need to enforce hygiene standards in hospitals and implementing innovative technologies that can create a significant change.

Visibly pregnant 34-year-old Narkis receives her coronavirus vaccine in Tel Aviv, January 21, 2021.

WHO gives emergency use listing to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

Moderna announced this week an expansion plan for its production network to boost its capacity to up to 3 billion doses in 2022.

Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020.

China-WHO probe in Wuhan not extensive enough - WHO director general

"I do not believe that this assessment was extensive enough."

Newly elected Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

Coronavirus: Report on origin of virus will be released on Tuesday - WHO

The report is "extremely sensitive" to China, which has consistently claimed that it is not responsible for the spread of the coronavirus.

Dominic Dwyer, a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), sits in a car arriving to Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021.

UN staffer who complained of sexual assault loses dismissal case

"I am appalled that they reject any link between my harassment claim and my dismissal and that they refused to provide me with a copy of the report of the investigation."

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Austria suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine batch after death

One 49-year-old woman died as a result of severe coagulation disorders, while a 35-year-old woman developed a pulmonary embolism and is recovering.

A healthcare worker hands over doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a doctor at Messe Wien Congress Center, which has been set up as coronavirus disease vaccination centre, in Vienna, Austria February 7, 2021.

Russia reports world's first case of human infection with H5N8 bird flu

Outbreaks of the H5N8 strain have been reported in Russia, Europe, China, the Middle East and North Africa in recent months but only in poultry.

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Blinken: US will pay its obligations to the WHO by end of month

Blinken noted that the US plans to provide significant financial support to COVAX through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department in Washington, last week.

1% of Middle East citizens have received first shot of COVID vaccine

Israel is part of the European report, so is not included in these numbers.

A logo is pictured on the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.