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  1. who
    World Health Organization Approves First Malaria VaccineMosquirix, the first vaccine ever developed for a parasitic disease, is 50 percent effective in preventing serious cases.
    By Matt Stieb
  2. china
    China Reports First Human Case of H10N3 Bird FluThe chances of this avian strain of the flu spreading far and wide seem very low, officials said.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  3. covid-19
    WHO Renames COVID Variants, Calling National Labels ‘Stigmatizing’The Greek alphabet will be used instead of Britain, Brazil, India, and so on.
    By Nia Prater
  4. covid-19
    WHO: Pandemic Deaths Two to Three Times Higher Than Official TotalThe organization’s data scientists estimate as many as 6 to 8 million people have already died.
    By Chas Danner
  5. ebola
    What We Know About the 2021 Ebola OutbreaksSince the beginning of February, two Ebola patients have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and five have died in Guinea.
    By Matt Stieb
  6. world health organization
    Trump Admin Won’t Join International Vaccine Effort Because WHO Is InvolvedThe White House continues to make major pandemic decisions against its own interests based on the president’s personal grievances.
    By Matt Stieb
  7. coronavirus
    United States, World Leader in COVID-19 Deaths, to Leave WHOThe Trump administration has officially notified the U.N. that the United States will leave the World Health Organization in 2021.
    By Chas Danner
  8. international affairs
    Trump Has Already Put Himself in No Position to Help Hong KongEven if he wants to, the president has neither the leverage, the diplomatic skill, nor the credibility to stand up to China over its new power grab.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  9. coronavirus
    Trump Administration Skips Major International Coronavirus FundraiserThe president continues to retreat from the international effort to end the pandemic.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. just asking questions
    Why the U.S. Coronavirus Crisis Is More Trump’s Fault Than the WHO or ChinaA leading critic of Trump’s coronavirus response explains why offshoring blame for the U.S. outbreak just underlines the president’s failure.
    By James D. Walsh
  11. coronavirus
    Trump Cuts Funding to the World Health Organization During a Global PandemicDemocratic aides are reportedly attempting to prove that the withdrawal of the Congressionally-approved aid is illegal.
    By Matt Stieb
  12. coronavirus
    What’s the Difference Between a Pandemic and an Epidemic?Grappling with the World Health Organization’s new designation of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.
    By Matt Stieb
  13. coronavirus
    White House Coronavirus Expert: ‘It’s Going to Get Worse’Dr. Anthony Fauci contradicts President Trump, who said Tuesday: “It will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  14. covid-19
    Coronavirus Cases Continue to Surge in Italy, Iran, and South KoreaThe entire European Union is on edge over the escalating crisis in Italy, but Iran’s outbreak may prove to be the most dangerous.
    By Chas Danner
  15. Brain-Shrinking Zika Virus Bound for U.S., WHO PredictsThe World Health Organization expects the mosquito-borne illness to spread throughout the Americas.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. Ebola Returns to Liberia, Country Was Believed to Be Virus-FreeNearly 5,000 Liberians have died from the virus since last year.
    By Elaine Godfrey
  17. alcohol consumption
    Breaking: Americans Like Drinking BeerBut we’re still not the drunkest country.
    By Emily Watkins
  18. panic-demics
    WHO Upgrades Swine-Flu AlertWe are apparently in phase five out of six in preparation for a global pandemic.
    By Chris Rovzar