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Young lured to tobacco addiction via e-cigarettes – WHO
GENEVA, July 27 (Reuters) - The tobacco industry's sleek marketing is attracting youngsters to e-cigarettes which can lead to tobacco addiction, despite…
WHO warns against mixing and matching COVID vaccines
The World Health Organization's chief scientist on Monday advised against people mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, calling it a…
Inquiry into pandemic finds WHO should have declared global emergency earlier
The International Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response issued its report on Wednesday into the global handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling…
WHO chief Tedros plans to seek re-election – Stat News
(Reuters) - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, plans to run for a second five-year term as the head…
Situation in India ‘beyond heartbreaking’ – WHO chief
The situation in India, where COVID-19 cases have surged, is "beyond heartbreaking", and the World Health Organization is sending extra staff and…
WHO says world seeing increased COVID-19 cases across all age groups
GENEVA, April 19 (Reuters) - A leading epidemiologist at the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday the latest rise in COVID-19…
Causal link between AstraZeneca shot and clots “plausible but not confirmed” – WHO
GENEVA, April 7 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's advisory vaccine safety panel said on Wednesday a causal link between the AstraZeneca…
WHO says AstraZeneca benefits outweigh risks; assessing latest data
The World Health Organization expects there will be no reason to change its assessment that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine against…
Claims that vaccinated people are more likely to infect others have no scientific basis – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly denied claims that Covid-19 vaccines were among the factors causing the spread of new variants…
COVID-19 probably passed from bats through another animal – WHO report
A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that the virus was probably transmitted from bats to humans through another…
20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine rolled out under COVAX: WHO chief
More than 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been provided to 20 countries under COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access), the World…
“Get back to basics”- WHO Director warns European countries
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Europe rose last week ending a six-week decline, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on…