GENEVA (AP) – Independent experts who advised the World Health Organization on immunization recommended the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine on Wednesday even in countries that had worrisome variants of the coronavirus in …
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Geneva (AP) – The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant has raised questions about whether existing vaccines will work, calling it …
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration is set to announce this week that it will misbehave with the UN Human Rights Council, which former President Donald Trump withdrew nearly three years ago, …
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New Delhi (AP) – Coronovirus cases are still climbing, Honduras is tired of waiting to receive the vaccine through a United Nations program, so a small Central American country acquired shots through …
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New Delhi (HP) – Thousands of farmers blocked highways across the country for several hours on Saturday to suppress their demands for repeal of new agricultural laws. The protesters used tractors, trucks …
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The United Nations has said in a new report that NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Life has become “extremely worrying” for civilians in Ethiopia’s Embassy Tigre region as hunger increases and fighting is …
Read More »WHO team visits Wuhan Virus Lab at center of speculation
Wuhan, China (AP) – Investigators from the World Health Organization on Wednesday visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the subject of speculation about the origin of coronovirus, with …
Read More »WHO team visits Veterinary Center in Wuhan, China
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