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Israeli troops recover body of Gaza hostage; Egypt to host new truce talks
Demonstrators lift portraits of Elad Katzir during a protest for relatives and supporter of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attacks by Palestinian Hamas militants, during a rally calling for their release in Tel Aviv on February 3, 2024. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian drone attack kills at least four people, wounds 12 in Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
A rescuer works at a site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Yevhen Titov
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War’s gruesome toll on Palestinian children stuns doctors visiting Gaza
Pediatrician Tanya Haj-Hassan, examines wounded Gazan children at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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More than a billion people worldwide considered obese: WHO
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WHO appeals for $1.5-billion to address crises from Gaza to Afghanistan
FILE - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks to journalists during a press conference at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday April 6, 2023. The head of the U.N. health agency says holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File)
international business
Big Tobacco’s transition under fire as WHO targets vaping
FILE PHOTO: Vape pens stand in a display cabinet at a vape store, in Melbourne, Australia, May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders//File Photo
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Humanitarian aid stuck at Gaza-Egypt border
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leadership lab
To positively affect mental health, employers must track and measure progress
Bill Howatt and Michael Cooper
opinion
Workplace expectations have changed in six key ways and so should how you lead
Merge Gupta-Sunderji
world
WHO classifies EG.5 as COVID-19 ‘variant of interest’
FILE PHOTO: The World Health Organization logo is pictured at the entrance of the WHO building, in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/
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Risk to humans from H5N1 bird flu remains low, but we must prepare, WHO says
FILE - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, speaks during a news conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Dec. 14, 2022. A confidential U.N. report into the alleged missteps by senior World Health Organization in the way they handled a sexual misconduct case during an Ebola outbreak in Congo found their response did not violate the agency’s policies because of what some officials described as a “loophole.” The report, which was submitted to WHO Director-General Ghebreyesus on Jan. 2023, and was not released publicly, was obtained by the Associated Press. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File)
opinion
Is COVID-19 still a global health emergency?
André Picard
world
WHO maintains COVID-19′s public health emergency status
Patients, most of them elderly with covid symptoms, are crowded at the Changhai Hospital hall as they receive medical treatment, in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. Some even say many of the reported numbers are meaningless. (Chinatopix Via AP)
canada
Quebec to begin new COVID-19 vaccination booster drive in mid-August
opinion
Conservative leadership contenders must quash the WHO conspiracy theory creeping its way into the mainstream
Campbell Clark
Campbell Clark
world
Number of COVID-19 deaths globally dropped by 21% last week, but cases rising: WHO
world
Africa sees rise in measles, other diseases as pandemic disrupts vaccines
world
Global COVID-19 case counts decline 17 per cent in latest week
future of work
Worker burnout is becoming endemic and it’s everyone’s job to treat it
first person
I’ve learned that epilepsy is like living with an unexpected guest (that never leaves)
world
Omicron COVID-19 variant may be less severe in young and old, but not ‘mild,’ WHO says
world
WHO says new COVID-19 variant IHU found in France not a concern
world
WHO sees more evidence suggesting Omicron causes milder symptoms than previous COVID-19 variants
canada
COVID-19 pandemic has been a lesson in Greek alphabet, one variant at a time
canada
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a lesson in Greek letters, one variant at a time
opinion
We have the tools to combat Omicron and preserve personal freedoms. Now we need the political will
Brooks Fallis
world
WHO agrees to launch talks on international pact to tackle future pandemics
world
Not yet clear if Omicron variant is more transmissible or causes more severe disease, WHO says
world
Why WHO skipped ‘Nu,’ ‘Xi’ in naming new COVID-19 variant Omicron
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WHO employees perpetrated sexual crimes in Democratic Republic of the Congo during Ebola outbreak, report alleges