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Trump's board of folly: Why putting Turkey, Qatar in charge of Gaza is a farce - opinion

To place Ankara and Doha – two of the most vocal enablers of Hamas – in charge of shepherding Gaza toward peace is akin to appointing the tobacco lobby to run the World Health Organization.

US President Donald Trump and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani attend a world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, late last year.
World Health Organization (WHO) logo and US flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025.

US officially exits WHO, citing COVID-19 pandemic management failure

A 3D immunofluorescent image of melanoma cells (magenta) infected with bacteria (turquoise); cell nuclei are blue

Breakthrough Tel Aviv University study uncovers how skin cancer outsmarts immune system

  The World Health Organization (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2023.

Israel must leave World Health Organization, Knesset's new health committee chair says


Taiwan can help Sustainable health development in the post-pandemic era - opinion

We should draw a lesson, once again, that the lethality of a global pandemic requires collective collaboration from every country in the world, as disease knows no borders.

 A coronavirus test in Jerusalem. COVID goes beyond conflict and affects everyone. January 2022.

Non-sugar sweeteners ineffective for weight loss - WHO

Sugar should also be avoided, the WHO said, but the use of non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) poses an increased risk of type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults.

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Global push to tackle maternal and newborn deaths has stalled, WHO report finds

The COVID-19 pandemic, poverty, and various humanitarian crises worldwide have exacerbated the problem.

 A woman and a baby.

Russia alleges American vaccine side effects, offers 'Sputnik V' instead

Russia accused the WHO of rejecting the vaccines that were developed in Russia for 'pure opportunistic reasons' while claiming they had proven their effectiveness.

A nurse fills a syringe with a vaccine before administering an injection at a kids clinic in Kiev, Ukraine August 14, 2019

Jordan ends emergency laws that stifled public freedoms

This would mean a return to implementing many ordinary laws that were suspended as the government enacted many defense orders that touched every aspect of public life.

 Jordan's King Abdullah and Queen Rania arrive to meet with the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US February 1, 2023.

Israel marks 12,500th COVID death as WHO says no more global emergency

A total of 12,500 people in Israel had died from the COVID-19 pandemic since the first victim died on March 21, 2020.

 SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (illustrative).

WHO experts to weigh whether world ready to end COVID emergency

Since giving its initial high alert for COVID in January 2020, a panel of experts have continued to examine the prominence of the crisis.

Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in the Coronavirus ward of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospitall in Jerusalem on December 27, 2021, as Jerusalem hospital reopens COVID ward.

Air pollution causes around 1,200 premature deaths per year in people under 18 - EEA

The reason of the high amount of deaths among children and adolescents is that their immune systems and organs are still developing, which makes them more vulnerable to air pollution.

 The unrecognized villages around Ramat Hovav which suffer from a high level of air pollution from nearby evaporation ponds of the chemicals and the IEC power plant. December 28, 2017

New COVID variant XBB.1.16 under WHO observation as cases spike

The WHO called the new COVID variant "one to watch" and is monitoring the new variant, which has been dubbed Arcturus as it continues to spread.

 SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus behind COVID-19 (Illustrative).

WHO, advisors urge China to release all COVID-related data after new research

The WHO and other scientists have also said they cannot rule out the possibility that the virus emerged from a high-security laboratory in Wuhan that studies dangerous pathogens.

 A man holds boxes from the first shipment of Pfizer's oral COVID medicine arrives at Teva's storage facility.