WHO says Europe monkeypox outbreak can be eliminated World Health Organization officials have said it is possible to eliminate the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, highlighting evidence that case counts are slowing in a … World • 30 Aug
85 cases of monkeypox confirmed in Ireland, says HPSC Scientists advising the World Health Organization on monkeypox say the window is closing to stop its spread, with cases currently doubling every two weeks. Ireland • 27 Jul
Covid-19: WHO warns of 'challenging' autumn and winter The World Health Organization's European office has warned of a "challenging" autumn and winter amid a summer surge of Covid-19 cases and reduced surveillance among … Coronavirus • 19 Jul
WHO emergency committee decides on monkeypox outbreak A World Health Organization committee of experts has met decide whether the monkeypox outbreak constitutes a global health emergency. World • 23 Jun
How concerned should we be about monkeypox? Global health officials have sounded the alarm over rising cases in Europe and elsewhere of monkeypox, a type of viral infection more common to west … World • 21 May
WHO chief says world can end Covid emergency this year The head of the World Health Organization has said the world can end the Covid-19 emergency this year, but urged countries to work harder to … Coronavirus • 24 Jan
Data supports vaccine boosters after three months - EMA The European Union's drugs regulator said it could make sense for countries in the bloc to administer Covid-19 vaccine boosters as early as three months … Coronavirus • 09 Dec 21
WHO advises vulnerable, over-60s against travel The World Health Organization said that while blanket travel bans would not stop the spread of the Omicron variant, Covid-vulnerable people, including the over-60s, should … Coronavirus • 30 Nov 21
World must bolster WHO, agree pandemic treaty - experts The World Health Organization must be strengthened with more funding and greater ability to investigate pandemics through a new treaty, an independent panel has said. Coronavirus • 22 Nov 21
Pfizer vaccine 'highly effective' against severe Covid Vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer jab stays highly effective against severe Covid - including the Delta variant - for at least six months, … Coronavirus • 05 Oct 21
Pandemic consequences 'on shoulders of women' - Ryan Women and girls have experienced the pandemic in a very different way across the world to men, according to Dr Mike Ryan of the World … Coronavirus • 08 Sep 21
England to scrap isolation rules for fully vaccinated People in England who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will, from 16 August, no longer have to self-isolate after close contact with someone who … Coronavirus • 06 Jul 21
WHO renames variants of concern using Greek alphabet The World Health Organization has announced a new naming system for variants of interest (VOI) and variants of concern (VOC), the forms of the Covid-19 … Coronavirus • 31 May 21
WHO warns of 'significant undercount' in Covid deaths Up to three times more people have died due to the pandemic than indicated by the officially reported Covid-19 deaths, the World Health Organization has … Coronavirus • 21 May 21
WHO says Europe's vaccine rollout 'unacceptably slow' The World Health Organization has criticised Europe's "unacceptably slow" vaccine roll-out and said the region's surge in coronavirus infections was "worrying". Coronavirus • 01 Apr 21
Advocacy group launches Covid-19 campaign Advocacy group Global Citizen has launched a campaign around ending the Covid-19 pandemic and improving equality worldwide. Business • 24 Feb 21
United States to pay $200 million in WHO obligations The United States will pay more than $200 million to the World Health Organization by the end of the month after reversing Donald Trump's plan … World • 17 Feb 21
Nigerian woman named new boss in double first for WTO Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed the first female and first African head of the World Trade Organization, at a special general meeting today. Business • 15 Feb 21
AZ vaccine can be used for people aged over 65 - WHO WHO vaccine experts have said that the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine could be used for people aged over 65, and also in settings where variants of … Coronavirus • 10 Feb 21
WHO team says lab virus leak theory extremely unlikely Experts from the World Health Organization have all but eliminated a controversial theory that Covid-19 came from a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Coronavirus • 09 Feb 21
WHO warns rich countries against 'vaccine nationalism' The head of the World Health Organization has warned against "vaccine nationalism", saying there was a "real danger that the very tools that could help … Coronavirus • 30 Jan 21
WHO virus investigation begins with fieldwork in Wuhan Experts from the World Health Organization visited a Wuhan hospital today as the fieldwork began in a closely watched coronavirus origins probe that will take … Coronavirus • 29 Jan 21
Warning over 'catastrophic moral failure' on vaccines The head of the World Health Organization said the world is on the brink of a "catastrophic moral failure" on distributing vaccines, urging countries and … Coronavirus • 18 Jan 21
WHO virus investigators still waiting for Chinese visas An international expert team has set off for China to investigate the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, but Beijing has yet to provide the necessary … Coronavirus • 05 Jan 21
WHO envoy says ferocity of virus surge a surprise The World Health Organization's Special Envoy on Covid-19 has said the "the ferocity and the rapidity of the (current) surge has surprised us somewhat". Coronavirus • 05 Jan 21
