The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in… Read More »WHO Halts Hydroxychloroquine, HIV Drugs In COVID-19 Trials
The World Health Organization says lessons learned from previous outbreaks of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and effective therapeutics will allow it to… Read More »WHO Expects To Quickly Tackle New Ebola Outbreak
American biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences on Monday said its antiviral drug offered a modest benefit to patients with moderate COVID-19 symptoms. The drug forms part of the World… Read More »WHO Monitors Remdesivir As Possible COVID-19 Treatment Drug
President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently freeze US funding to the World Health Organization unless “substantive improvements” were made within the next 30… Read More »Trump Threatens To Permanently Freeze WHO Funding
President Cyril Ramaphosa is addressing the virtual 73rd session of the World Health Assembly (WHA), at the invitation of the director general of the World… Read More »Watch Live: Ramaphosa Addresses 73rd Session Of World Health Assembly
World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa director Dr Matshediso Moeti on Thursday said Namibia, Mauritania, and Seychelles had recorded zero COVID-19 cases but that the number of infections… Read More »WHO Concerned About COVID-19 Epidemic In West Africa
Global confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 3 million on Monday, as the United States neared 1 million cases, according to a Reuters tally. It comes as… Read More »Global Coronavirus Cases Pass 3 Million As Lockdowns Begin To Ease
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday lauded South Africa’s efforts in slowing down the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic transmissions. Officials singled out government’s meticulously crafted approach to stay ahead… Read More »WHO Praises South Africa’s Efforts To Curb Spread Of Coronavirus
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday that all available evidence suggests that the novel coronavirus originated in bats in China late last year and it… Read More »WHO: COVID-19 Very Likely Of Animal Origin, No Sign Of Lab Manipulation
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that three COVID-19 vaccines were currently in clinical trial phase. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than… Read More »WHO: 3 COVID-19 Vaccines In Clinical Trial Phase