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WHO urges countries to reveal intelligence on COVID-19 origins

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says ‘all hypotheses on the origins of the virus remain on the table’.

Al Jazeera · Mar 4, 2023

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All COVID-19 origin theories remain on the table, WHO leader says

Tribune News Service · Mar 4, 2023

All COVID-19 origin theories remain on the table, WHO leader says

The World Health Organization said all hypotheses for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic are still on the table, after U.S. authorities this week backed the theory that the virus originated from a lab.

Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2023

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WHO Still Working to Identify the Origins of COVID-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) is still working to identify the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, its director general said on Friday, after a US agency was reported to have assessed the pandemic had likely been caused by a Chinese laboratory leak. "I have written to and spoken with high-level…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 3, 2023

WHO urges countries to come clean on Covid origins intel

GENEVA - The WHO on Friday urged all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of Covid-19, following US claims of a Chinese lab leak and furious denials from Beijing.

Bangkok Post · Mar 3, 2023

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths case: 3 employees of Noida pharma firm arrested

NOIDA: Three employees of a Noida-based pharmaceutical firm Marion Biotech, whose cough syrup is alleged to have led to the death of 18 children in Uzbekistan last year, were arrested on charges of manufacturing and sale of adulterated drugs, officials said.

The Times of India · Mar 3, 2023

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Health authorities declare tuberculosis outbreak on the APY Lands after 10 cases diagnosed

Health authorities are working to contain an outbreak of tuberculosis on the APY Lands in South Australia's far north, with 10 cases of the preventable disease diagnosed so far.

ABC News · Mar 3, 2023

Special Covid envoy David Nabarro among people receiving honours

Mr Nabarro, who was special envoy on Covid-19 at the World Health Organisation, has been recognised for outstanding contribution to global health.

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Roger Daltrey to headline Teenage Cancer Trust’s Royal Albert Hall concert series

The Who frontman joins previously announced headliners including Underworld and Wet Leg

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Where this doctor finds hope amid her country's record cholera outbreak

Treating cholera has been a passion for Bangladeshi scientist Firdausi Qadri. She reflects on her career and inspirations, cholera's scourge, as well as successes in combating the disease.

WEKU · Mar 2, 2023

Scientists warn 'utmost caution' needed as H5N1 bird flu mutates to infect people and young girl dies

The medical science community is now on high alert, with health authorities in the UK modelling scenarios for a bird flu pandemic in response to the threat

Irish Mirror · Mar 2, 2023

Indonesian parents seek justice after cough syrup crisis

JAKARTA: Dinosaur-themed birthday decorations still hang on the walls of Safitri Puspa Rani's home, where the family celebrated their youngest son's birthday last year.

Bangkok Post · Mar 2, 2023

H5N1 bird flu strain that killed girl in Cambodia mutated to infect people, scientists warn

The medical science community is on high alert as health authorities across the world prepare for a pandemic

Wales Online · Mar 2, 2023

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Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2023

3M subsidiary claims many military plaintiffs in earplug case did not suffer hearing loss

A 3M subsidiary claims that U.S. Defense Department records show that over 175,00 military members who allege the Maplewood-based company's earplugs were defective have normal hearing under key medical standards.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 1, 2023

WHO Chief Visits Opposition-Held Syria for First Time after Quake

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday urged the international community to help earthquake-hit northwest Syria, on his first ever visit to opposition-held areas of the war-ravaged country. "The people of northwest Syria need the assistance of the international community to recover and rebuild," Tedros told reporters after…

Reuters · Mar 1, 2023

WHO chief 'heartbroken' by visit to quake-hit Syria, says more funds needed

Available funding and new border crossings were still not enough to help quake-hit citizens in Syria's battered northwest, the head of the WHO said on Wednesday, adding he was "disturbed and heartbroken" by a visit to the rebel-held region.

Bangkok Post · Mar 1, 2023

FBI: China lab leak ‘likely’ caused Covid

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China "likely" caused the Covid-19 pandemic, according to FBI director Christopher Wray.

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Bangkok Post · Mar 1, 2023

Cambodia: No human-to-human bird flu transmission found

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian health authorities have said there was no human-to-human transmission of bird flu in the case of a father and daughter who caught the virus.

Al Jazeera · Mar 1, 2023

FBI director says China laboratory leak was likely COVID source

FBI Director Christopher Wray accuses China of thwarting efforts to identify the origin of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 28, 2023

WHO's Tedros Pledges Support after First Visit to Türkiye's Quake Zone

The World Health Organization (WHO) will support Ankara in its response to massive earthquakes that killed more than 50,000, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, as the death toll from the latest aftershock rose to two. The massive earthquakes that struck Türkiye's southeast and neighboring Syria in the last…

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023

How seriously should we take the US DoE’s Covid lab leak theory?

Department of Energy’s updated report on origins of coronavirus pandemic jars with most scientists’ assessments

The Conversation · Feb 27, 2023

Cough syrup can harm children: experts warn of contamination risks

The recent deaths of over 300 children in Africa and Asia have prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to warn about the use of “substandard and falsified” medical products. The organisation called for more efforts to protect children from contaminated medicine. Toxicologists Winston Morgan and Shazma Bashir unpack the story.

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

'An absurdity': Experts slam WHO's excusal of misconduct

Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women during an Ebola outbreak in Congo have dismissed the U_N_ agency’s own efforts to excuse its handling of such misconduct as “an absurdity.”

Wales Online · Feb 27, 2023

Covid most likely leaked from lab in China, new US study concludes

The US Energy Department reportedly reached its conclusion about the virus leak scenario with 'low confidence', while other government agencies dismiss the theory out of hand or remain undecided

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