The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11 declared COVID-19 a pandemic, pointing to the over 118,000 cases of the coronavirus illness in over 110 countries and territories around the world and ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 20, 2025 (ENS) – The first Pandemic Agreement in the world was today formally adopted by consensus as the Member States of the World Health Organization, WHO, voted during the ...

The agreement was adopted after three years of negotiations, and its passage was welcomed with applause. “The agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action. It will ensure ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Saturday marks three years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. As the virus swept through communities around the globe, hospital beds filled up, ...

LONDON — Five years after Covid-19 triggered national lockdowns, economic uncertainty and killed millions, the World Health Organization’s member countries agreed on a draft “pandemic treaty” that ...

As we approach the anniversary of the day the World Health Organization officially declared the COVID-19 pandemic (which happened on March 11, to be exact), the organization is cautioning that 2021 is ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -Members of the World Health Organization voted emphatically in favour of a potentially groundbreaking global treaty on improving pandemic preparedness at the World Health Assembly on ...

Joining the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network is the state’s latest move into an area that was previously the domain of the federal government, before ...

A dismantled health infrastructure leaves the U.S. incredibly vulnerable, warns infectious-disease expert Michael Osterholm.