World Health Organization

The World Health Organization now confirms that many respiratory viruses are inhaled as airborne particles. The new framework implies that stopping transmission relies on costly measures like ventilation and masking.

In the first weeks of outbreak, the Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an AP investigation finds.

False claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause deaths and other diseases such as cancer are still prevalent despite multiple studies showing the vaccines saved lives and do not cause cancers.

The pandemic brought notable setbacks in the effort to eradicate tuberculosis, which is likely to regain its notorious title of deadliest infectious disease in 2023. But there are signs of progress.

The action by the World Health Organization doesn’t mean much for the average person. Health officials say the virus isn’t going anywhere and advise people to get vaccinated.

The World Health Organization today lifted its Public Health Emergency of International Concern for COVID-19. That declaration went into effect three years ago on Jan. 30, 2020.

Peter Ben Embarek, who led the WHO side of a joint team with scientists in China, was dismissed last year, the health agency said.

We asked public health leaders what the World Health Organization should add to its docket in this anniversary year. Answers ranged from pay more attention to teen health to restore the world's trust.

That's what epidemiologist Jenny Cresswell of the World Health Organization said of death rate data in a new report she authored — "equivalent to almost 800 deaths a day or a death every 2 minutes."

That appeal comes after the Chinese government announced nearly 60,000 virus-related deaths since early December following weeks of complaints it was failing to tell the world what was happening.