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Petrie Dish: Another mpox emergency

Bonnie Petrie

The World Health Organization is again warning the world about mpox, declaring an outbreak in central Africa.
Bioscience-Medicine

WHO ends global health emergency declaration for COVID-19

Giulia Heyward

The World Health Organization today lifted its Public Health Emergency of International Concern for COVID-19. That declaration went into effect three years ago on Jan. 30, 2020.
National Security Adviser O'Brien Alleges WHO Is 'Propaganda Tool For The Chinese'

Laurel Wamsley

Robert O'Brien said the White House doesn't know if money from China influenced the organization's decision-making, "but there are very few explanations for the way the WHO has conducted itself."
Community

Extreme Gaming Has A New Clinical Diagnosis

Dallas Williams

Many people use video games as an escape – a chance to have fun, unwind and sidestep reality, but when does this pastime become a problem? Should…
Texas

Will The Link Between Meat and Cancer Change the Way We Eat?

Rhonda Fanning | The Texas Standard

From Texas Standard: The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer announced yesterday that processed meats are ...
News

WHO Calls For $100 Million Emergency Fund, Doctor 'SWAT Team'

Jason Beaubien

The World Health Organization isn't ready for the next pandemic or international health crisis, so the agency's leader is calling for major reforms. But will the changes be enough?