The World Health Organization, WHO, has declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, a global health emergency. The WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus made the announcement at a press ...

That outbreak killed about 200 people. Declaring mpox a global health emergency is "intended to prompt member countries to begin preparing for the virus' appearance and to share vaccines ...

LONDON--The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, saying it no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The action reverses a declaration that ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday its highest global alert level given a ... the MPox epidemic as an international emergency, the last time being in July 2022.

WHO declared the disease an international public health emergency on Tuesday ... committed in the days and weeks ahead to coordinating global response working with each of the affected countries ...

Mpox outbreaks in different parts of Africa have been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization. Cases have been confirmed among children and adults in over a dozen nations and ...

The WHO declared it a global health emergency in July 2022, but thanks to vaccination and awareness drives that helped stem the spread, that declaration was lifted in May 2023. Just a year later ...

Earlier, the African Union’s health watchdog declared a public health emergency on the continent due to the spread of mpox. Mpox is a rare viral disease which is endemic to remote regions near ...

The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global public health emergency due to a new variant of viral disease in Africa. The WHO officials have said that a new fast-spreading variant has been ...