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Trump: WHO Funding Cut Could Be Permanent
Trump Threatens
to Pull Out of WHO
May 19, 2020 6:32 AM CDT

Trump Threatens to Pull Out of WHO

President cites coronavirus response, bias toward China

(Newser) - President Trump threatened to permanently withdraw US funding from the World Health Organization on Monday as he described failures amid the coronavirus pandemic and an "alarming lack of independence" from China. Trump, writing to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, also threatened to pull the US from the organization "...

China Just Opened Its Wallet Wide in Fight Against the Virus

President Xi announces $2B in aid for pandemic battle, as EU bloc seeks to probe WHO response

(Newser) - China will provide $2 billion over two years to fight the coronavirus pandemic and the economic fallout from it, President Xi Jinping said Monday, rallying around the World Health Organization even as the United States has slashed funding for the UN health agency. The $2 billion over the next two...

WHO Warns Coronavirus Could Be Here to Stay

'I think there are no promises in this and there are no dates,' emergencies chief says

(Newser) - Vaccine or no vaccine, the coronavirus could be here to stay, the World Health Organization warns. WHO emergencies director Dr. Mike Ryan said Wednesday that it is impossible to predict when or if the virus will disappear, the BBC reports. "It is important to put this on the table:...

WHO: Report on Phone Call Was 'Unfounded and Untrue'

The World Health Organization fires back over 'Der Spiegel' article

(Newser) - The World Health Organization has dismissed as "false allegations" a media report that it withheld information about the new coronavirus following pressure from China, the AP reports. The UN agency said in a statement late Saturday that a German magazine’s report about a telephone conversation between WHO chief...

A Dire Warning From WHO as Countries Rush to Reopen

Easing restrictions could cause coronavirus resurgence: World Health Organization

(Newser) - The World Health Organization said Tuesday that rushing to ease coronavirus restrictions will likely lead to a resurgence of the illness, a warning that comes as governments start rolling out plans to get their economies up and running again. “This is not the time to be lax. Instead, we...

Criticism of Trump&#39;s WHO Move Swells
Criticism of Trump's
WHO Move Swells 
THE RUNDOWN
Apr 15, 2020 2:10 PM CDT

Criticism of Trump's WHO Move Swells

Pelosi says it will be 'swiftly challenged'

(Newser) - President Trump is taking an increasing amount of flak for his decision to cut off US funding to the World Health Organization , with even those who agree with some of his criticisms of the UN health agency's handing of the pandemic saying now is not the time to deprive...

'19, 20 States' Could Be Ready to Reopen May 1

So says CDC Director Robert Redfield

(Newser) - If you're living in one of 19 or 20 states, good news: CDC Director Robert Redfield thinks you may be ready to reopen by May 1. The less great news: He didn't name which ones during his interview on Good Morning America . Reuters reports Redfield explained that we'...

Trump Cuts Off US Payments to WHO
Trump Cuts Off
US Payments to WHO
UPDATED
Apr 14, 2020 6:18 PM CDT

Trump Cuts Off US Payments to WHO

He says agency 'severely mismanaged' outbreak

(Newser) - President Trump says the US is halting payments to the World Health Organization while his administration investigates the UN health agency's failure to carry out its "basic duty." In his Tuesday briefing, Trump accused the WHO of "severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the...

Are Recovered Patients Immune? It&#39;s Still &#39;an Unknown&#39;
Big Question on Immunity
Remains 'an Unknown'
the rundown
Apr 13, 2020 1:11 PM CDT

Big Question on Immunity Remains 'an Unknown'

Study out of Shanghai suggests not everyone develops antibodies, but more data is needed

(Newser) - Much attention is paid to the growing death toll from the coronavirus, which was at more than 116,000 worldwide as of Monday afternoon. Less attention is paid to a different stat —the more than 440,000 people who have recovered. And related to that is a huge question:...

Trump: WHO 'Missed the Call' on Coronavirus Pandemic

President threatens to freeze US funding for the World Health Organization

(Newser) - President Trump on Tuesday threatened to freeze US funding to the World Health Organization, saying the international group had “missed the call” on the coronavirus pandemic. Trump also played down the release of January memos from a senior adviser that represented an early warning of a possible coronavirus pandemic,...

WHO: Coronavirus Epidemic &#39;Could Get Out of Control&#39;
WHO: Coronavirus Epidemic
'Could Get Out of Control'
the rundown
Feb 28, 2020 8:00 AM CST

WHO: Coronavirus Epidemic 'Could Get Out of Control'

It has now hit 53 countries

(Newser) - World markets plunged Friday as the director-general of the World Health Organization warned that the coronavirus epidemic "could get out of control." Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the epidemic, which has now hit 53 countries, has "pandemic potential" and is at a "decisive point globally," where...

WHO Says It Isn't Ready to Use the P-Word Yet

There's no coronavirus pandemic, but we should be in a 'phase of preparedness'

(Newser) - The World Health Organization isn't ready to use the p-word, but it thinks the world should ready itself for a potential coronavirus pandemic all the same. On Monday the WHO instructed countries to be "in a phase of preparedness," saying that while its assessment remains that COVID-19...

Coronavirus Gets a Name
Coronavirus
Now Has
a Name
Feb 11, 2020 11:00 AM CST

Coronavirus Now Has a Name

WHO labels it COVID-19

(Newser) - You don't have to call it "coronavirus" anymore. The World Health Organization has bestowed an official name on the fast-spreading illness: COVID-19. The "COVI" stands for coronavirus, the "D" stands for disease, and "19" reflects the year it was discovered, explains NPR . The health agency'...

Daily Deaths in China From Virus Top 100 for First Time

Overall total crosses 1,000 as outbreak keeps many people at home

(Newser) - China's daily death toll from a new virus has topped 100 for the first time, with more than 1,000 total deaths recorded, the health ministry announced Tuesday. The spread of the contagion shows little sign of abating, the AP reports. Though more offices and stores in China have...

Chinese Doctor Silenced About Coronavirus Is Dead

Li Wenliang was 34

(Newser) - The Chinese doctor who was visited by police after sending out an early warning about coronavirus is dead. The confirmation comes after hours of media confusion Thursday, CNN reports; Li Wenliang was initially reported dead, then reported to be in critical condition but still clinging to life, and now has...

We Might Have a New Public Health Emergency on Our Hands

New type of coronavirus has killed 17 in China, and WHO is meeting to discuss classification

(Newser) - The World Health Organization held an emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss whether to declare a "public health emergency of international concern" in response to cases of a new type of coronavirus , which has reportedly killed 17 people and sickened more than 500 others in China, per NPR and CNN...

Human-to-Human Transmission of China Virus Confirmed

WHO to hold emergency meeting on coronavirus

(Newser) - The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus, a development that raises the possibility that it could spread more quickly and widely, the AP reports. Team leader Zhong Nanshan, a respiratory expert, said two people...

UN: Microplastics in Water Not a Major Health Worry

'Just because we're ingesting them doesn't mean we have a risk to human health'

(Newser) - The World Health Organization says the levels of microplastics in drinking water don't appear to be risky, but that research has been spotty and more is needed into their effects on the environment and health, the AP reports. Microplastics are created when man-made materials break down into tiny particles...

WHO: Job Burnout Is More Than Just a Pain

Disorder is officially recognized by health experts

(Newser) - Add job burnout to the list of diseases recognized by the World Health Organization. Included for the first time in the International Classification of Diseases, occupational burnout results "from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed," and is marked by depleted energy or exhaustion; a mental...

'Gaming Disorder' Now an Official Illness

Industry groups want UN agency to reconsider

(Newser) - Video game addiction is now officially a disease. The World Health Organization added "gaming disorder" as a modern disease in its International Classification of Diseases at the 72nd World Health Assembly on Saturday, CNET reports. The UN health agency's fact page on the disorder describes it as "...

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