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WHO downplays danger of coronavirus entering food chain 13 Aug 2020 - 07:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: Executive Director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) emergencies program Mike Ryan speaks at a news conference on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Phot
UN says 43% of schools lack basic handwashing 13 Aug 2020 - 06:51 pm
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Novavax ties up with SK bioscience to boost supply of potential COVID-19 vaccine 13 Aug 2020 - 05:48 pm
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Latest on worldwide coronavirus spread 12 Aug 2020 - 12:00 am
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Delay routine dental checkups, WHO urges, until COVID risk is known 11 Aug 2020 - 08:13 pm
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Medical masks best, cotton good, bandanas worse: droplet study 10 Aug 2020 - 11:49 pm
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Global coronavirus cases hit 20 million: Reuters tally 10 Aug 2020 - 08:34 pm
Women walk by a man selling face masks in Manchester city centre, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Manchester, Britain, August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
Huge shortfall in funds to fight coronavirus, WHO says 10 Aug 2020 - 02:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Pregnant women unlikely to transmit COVID-19 to babies 09 Aug 2020 - 09:33 am
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Fauci warns COVID-19 vaccine may be only partially effective, public health measures still needed 07 Aug 2020 - 11:00 pm
NASHVILLE, TN - AUGUST 03: Visitors to Lower Broadway, some wearing masks, walk between businesses on August 3, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. The number of coronavirus cases across the state has expanded rapidly in the last month. Brett Carlsen/Getty Imag
Pfizer to make Gilead's COVID-19 treatment remdesivir 07 Aug 2020 - 04:47 pm
In this file photo a sign for Pfizer pharmaceutical company is seen on a building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 18, 2017. Canada announced August 5, 2020 it has signed two agreements with American pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and Moderna for the de
UK's Hikma starts manufacturing COVID-19 drug remdesivir for Gilead 07 Aug 2020 - 04:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: Pharmacists at a Hikma Pharmaceuticals plant package tablets, February 8, 2011. Picture taken February 8, 2011. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji/File Photo
WHO warns 'vaccine nationalism' not good for world 07 Aug 2020 - 02:18 pm
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AstraZeneca in first COVID-19 vaccine deal with Chinese company 06 Aug 2020 - 02:34 pm
FILE PHOTO: The company logo for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
CDC warns against drinking hand sanitizer amid reports of deaths 06 Aug 2020 - 12:09 am
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WHO urges Russia to follow guidelines on virus vaccine 04 Aug 2020 - 03:38 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquar
Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus 03 Aug 2020 - 11:20 pm
Healthcare workers collect samples at a testing room for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 at a primary health care center in Barcelona on August 3, 2020.  / AFP / Pau BARRENA
WHO advance team ends visit to China to probe COVID origin 03 Aug 2020 - 10:09 pm
FILE PHOTO: Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo