Credit: AIPresident Donald Trump has once again announced his intention to end U.S. support for the World Health Organization (WHO), a global health and humanitarian body dedicated to disease eradication and tracking outbreaks across borders.On January 20, Trump signed an executive order outlining the U.S. plan to withdraw from the Switzerland-based organization, a process...
Credit: DepositphotosOn Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreak in Africa a global public health emergency, raising its highest level of alert over the escalating crisis.Concerned by the rising cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the virus's spread to neighboring countries, the WHO quickly convened a meeting of experts to...
Credit: PixabayThe World Health Organization expressed serious concern on Thursday regarding the increasing spread of H5N1 bird flu to different species, including humans, where it poses an "extremely high" mortality risk."This is undoubtedly a significant concern," stated Jeremy Farrar, the chief scientist of the UN health agency, during a press conference in Geneva.The bird...
