With COVID-related school disruptions setting back children around the world, activists implored world leaders Monday to prioritize school systems and restore educational budgets slashed when
The World Health Organization is warning of a resurgence of deadly meningitis in Africa because COVID-19 has disrupted lifesaving vaccination campaigns.The near elimination of the deadly form of meningitis type A in Africa is one of the continent’s big…
At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 were injured in northern Burkina Faso on Monday, when a vehicle in a convoy hit an improvised explosive device (IED), the interim government said in a statement.The escorted supply convoy heading to the capital …
China’s southern tech hub of Shenzhen said it will adopt tiered antivirus restriction measures starting Monday, while the southwestern metropolis of Chengdu announced an extension of lockdown curbs, as the country grapples with fresh outbreaks.Shenzhen…
A leading Chad rebel group said Saturday it had killed 10 soldiers in the north of the country, a claim the government rejected as “fake news.”The Military Command Council for the Salvation of the Republic (CCMSR) said troops had attacked its forces in…
The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday that very few people in the United States have received a full series of monkeypox vaccinations.CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said the large majority of Americans who re…
GENEVA— Monkeypox cases fell by a fifth last week as infections in Europe dropped but the outbreak is going through “intense transmission” in the Americas, the World Health Organization said.The WHO sounded the alarm for Latin America in particular, po…
Health ministers attending the World Health Organization’s 72nd Regional Committee for Africa in Lome, Togo have approved an eight-year strategy aimed at curbing disease and responding quickly to health emergencies.More than 400 people participated fro…
Ethiopia’s government has joined the World Food Program in condemning Tigrayan forces for allegedly stealing more than half-a-million liters of fuel meant for delivering food aid.David Beasley, head of the U.N.’s World Food Program, said Thursday on Tw…
The number of coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 15% in the past week while new infections dropped by 9%, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.In its latest weekly assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. health agency said ther…