WHO warns fears of omicron could spark new vaccine hoarding
Vaccine hoarding by rich nations could complicate efforts to stamp out the pandemic globally.
By Associated Press - December 11, 2021Vaccine hoarding by rich nations could complicate efforts to stamp out the pandemic globally.
By Associated Press - December 11, 2021‘None of the information we have currently about omicron suggests we need to change the directions of our response,’ a WHO official said.
By Associated Press - December 03, 2021Republican Rep. James Comer thinks helping other countries that are struggling to contain COVID is bad for business.
By Oliver Willis - May 07, 2021U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said that 130 countries have not received a single dose of vaccine.
By Associated Press - February 17, 2021The United States’ longstanding cooperation with the global health agency was fractured under Trump, who insisted on leaving the organization amid the pandemic.
By Amy Lieu - January 22, 2021A U.S. mask order for travel being implemented by Biden will apply to airports and planes, ships, intercity buses, trains, and public transportation.
By Associated Press - January 21, 2021Farewell to the racist 1776 Commission, hello again to the World Health Organization.
By Josh Israel - January 20, 2021Medical experts warn against dangerous attempts to achieve herd immunity through infection.
By Amy Lieu - November 11, 2020According to the Lancet, the Trump administration fabricated a report in a letter threatening to defund the U.N. health agency.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 19, 2020Trump sent a letter riddled with false accusations to the World Health Organization, which has led the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Emily Singer - May 19, 2020Even before he defunded the World Health Organization, Donald Trump had done much to damage U.S. ties with allies.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 15, 2020Donald Trump and Republicans are attacking the WHO to deflect blame for mishandling the American response to the coronavirus.
By Oliver Willis - April 15, 2020Trump has been scapegoating the WHO to deflect criticism of his own administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Emily Singer - April 15, 2020Donald Trump recently threatened to cut U.S. funding for the World Health Organization while deflecting blame for his response to the coronavirus.
By Oliver Willis - April 08, 2020Trump on Tuesday said he is thinking of freezing U.S. funding for the World Health Organization, claiming, ‘They seem to be very China-centric.’
By Emily Singer - April 08, 2020Trump has pushed for the United States to reopen businesses against expert advice in recent days.
By Emily Singer - March 25, 2020Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton keeps repeating a widely debunked conspiracy about the virus’ origins.
By Josh Israel - February 17, 2020The World Health Organization says it’s ‘too early to try to predict the beginning of the end,’ but that the stabilizing number of cases is promising.
By Associated Press - February 12, 2020Donald Trump’s proposed budget calls for cutting funding to the World Health Organization in the midst of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 11, 2020