The World Health Organization (WHO) opted against calling the recent monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. The outbreak is “clearly an evolving threat,” the WHO said in a statement Saturday, though it doesn’t constitute an international public health emergency “at this moment.” An emergency committee convened on Thursday to discuss the outbreak. […]
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WTO waters down IP restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines; The latest health stories from around the world
The World Trade Organization (WTO) approved a politically important deal Friday to water down intellectual property restrictions for the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines after an almost two-year effort involving scores of high-level meetings and much political arm twisting. During the early morning hours in Geneva, WTO ministers approved a package of agreements that included the […]

Un déclin surprenant des chiffres de la vaccination des enfants en Afrique dans le contexte du COVID-19, encore une autre victime de la pandémie
Selon l’UNICEF, 23 millions d’enfants dans le monde n’ont pas reçu de vaccins essentiels dans le cadre des services de vaccination de routine à cause de la pandémie de COVID-19.

China reiterates commitment to “zero-COVID”; The latest health stories from around the world
Xi Jinping reiterated China’s commitment to zero-COVID, declaring “persistence is victory”, as Shanghai and Beijing were hit with new lockdowns, shutdowns, and mass testing drives just a week after the cities celebrated the easing of restrictions. (www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/10/xi-jinping-says-persistence-is-victory-as-covid-restrictions-return-to-shanghai-and-beijing) In response to China’s worst outbreak of the pandemic, Shanghai spent months under an arduous and strict citywide […]