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US president Trump’s foreign aid cuts will strain responses to health crises worldwide
Since taking office, Trump has frozen foreign aid funding, moved to dismantle USAID and announced plans to leave the WHO.
Trump’s right about the WHO: It’s time to consider an alternative
It is time for the United States to consider an alternative to the WHO — a more nimble, innovative institution that would ...
Trump scraps federal COVID-19 website for virus lab-leak theory
The White House replaced the federal government’s hub for news and updates on COVID-19 with a website saying the virus leaked ...
Countries Agree on Treaty Aimed at Preventing Global Health Crises
The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States ...
Trump’s attack on public lands is an attack on public health | Opinion
Green exercise, or physical activity in nature, has better health benefits than exercising indoors too. Just a 30-minute ...
WHO members reach deal on how the world would tackle future pandemics
Members of the World Health Organization reached a landmark agreement on Wednesday on how to learn from COVID-19, which ...
WHO member countries agree on a draft ‘pandemic treaty’ to try to avoid COVID-19 mistakes
Rachael Crockett, of the advocacy group Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, described the draft pandemic treaty as “a ...
WHO member states reach pandemic preparedness agreement
World Health Organization member states have reached consensus on a draft agreement that aims to strengthen global ...