Dr. Amy Acton reflects 5 years after COVID-19 was classified as a pandemic
Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. Under the ...
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WHO's Dr. Chan targets childhood obesity: “our children are getting fatter”
World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan voiced deep concern about the increase worldwide of childhood obesity, with numbers climbing fastest in developing countries.
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A look back at the early days of coronavirus spread
"It has not yet become a global health emergency. It may yet become one," World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said as Wuhan closed its city limits. Shoppers raced ...
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Pandemic Center director offers advice for future pandemic preparedness
On Monday, the Director of the Pandemic Center Jennifer Nuzzo presented a lecture titled “Pandemic-Proofing the Future” at a ...
Countries, global health groups band together as US aid gaps threaten lives
Governments and global health groups are working to try to fill the most urgent gaps in the fight against diseases after the ...
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World Health Organization warns of possible tuberculosis surge because of USAID cuts
The World Health Organization warned last week that the ... in the fight against TB is at risk,” Dr. Tereza Kasaeva, director of the WHO’s Global Programme on TB and Lung Health, said in ...
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Is the US Prepared for the Next Pandemic? Learning Lessons From COVID-19
Despite having one of the most sophisticated health care systems in the world, the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic fell well short when compared to other developed nations.
Maryland better-prepared for another pandemic 5 years after COVID, experts say
The pandemic has had a lasting effect on the country and our state, several Maryland medical experts say, as the lessons ...
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Director says bigger threat to public health center is misinformation, not potential budget cuts
The Cape Girardeau Health Center director warns that misinformation poses a greater threat to public health than potential ...
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Five years ago, WHO's pandemic call shook world into action
Five years ago on Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced Covid-19 had become a pandemic -- a moment when the world ...
PAHO director underscores need to address public health challenges in the Caribbean
The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Jarbas Barbosa, has underscored the need to address public ...