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News Articles: World Health Organization

These two photos, taken in 2014 by scientist Eddie Holmes, show raccoon dogs and unknown birds caged in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. GPS coordinates of these images confirm that the animals were housed in the southwest corner of the market, where researchers found evidence of the coronavirus in January 2020.

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  • Global Health

WHO calls on China to share data on raccoon dog link to pandemic. Here's what we know

Data was released briefly, then rescinded. As NPR reported previously, there is already strong evidence pointing to these animals in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan.

March 18, 2023
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff and
  • Jason Beaubien
A raccoon dog looks out of its cage in a Chinese live animal market in January 2004. Raccoon dogs could have been an initial host for the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Animals

Raccoon dogs may have been linked to the pandemic. What are they?

The wild animals are more similar to foxes than to domesticated dogs. Data that suggested a link between raccoon dogs and the origins of the COVID pandemic was removed from an international database.

March 18, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde
A South Korean child masks up to ride a scooter on Feb. 27, 2020 in Seoul.

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  • Global Health

On 3/11/20, WHO declared a pandemic. These quotes and photos recall that historic time

Three years ago, the novel coronavirus swept the world. Here are 24 quotes and 13 photos that sum up the reaction in the weeks before the World Health Organization's declaration of a global pandemic.

March 10, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Bats congregate in the Bat Cave in Queen Elizabeth National Park on August 24, 2018. Scientists placed GPS devices on some of the bats to determine flight patterns and how they transmit Marburg virus to humans. Approximately 50,000 bats dwell in the cave.

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  • Global Health

The Marburg outbreak in Equatorial Guinea is a concern — and a chance for progress

Marburg virus is hard to detect early on--and goes on to kill about half its victims. Researchers hope to work quickly during this outbreak to make progress on emerging vaccines and treatments.

February 17, 2023
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By:
  • Fran Kritz
Robert Blanchard, the World Health Organization's team leader in Dubai for emergency operations, stands in one of the organization's warehouses in International Humanitarian City.

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  • World

A look at the impact of delivering aid to Turkey and Syria through Dubai's global hub

A 1.5 million square-ft. zone of Dubai known as International Humanitarian City is the world's largest aid hub, with warehouses for U.N. agencies, Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations and others.

February 08, 2023
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
President Joe Biden talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, after returning from an event in Baltimore on infrastructure.

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  • News

President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11

President Joe Biden has informed Congress that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.

January 31, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Thinking about the next pandemic keeps lots of researchers busy.

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  • Global Health

9 diseases that keep epidemiologists up at night

Thinking about the next pandemic is job number one for many researchers around the world. Here's a look at the World Health Organization's current list of pathogens with pandemic potential.

January 30, 2023
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By:
  • Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
Aspergillus fumigatus can infect the lungs, causing pneumonia-like symptoms that can progress into more severe sickness.

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  • Global Health

WHO releases list of threatening fungi. The most dangerous might surprise you

Invasive, deadly fungi are on the rise. In its first-ever Fungal Priority Pathogen List, the World Health Organization says these are the most important.

October 26, 2022
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By:
  • Max Barnhart
Dr. Miriam Rittmeyer speaking at the “World Polio Day 2022 and Beyond” summit in Geneva, Switzerland.

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  • Health

Savannah-based midwifery expert speaks at World Health Organization summit in Switzerland

Dr. Miriam Rittmeyer gave a talk on the Manchichi Program, which provides formal medical training to indigenous midwives in Guatemala and Panama.

October 26, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Mariama Kuyateh, 30, holds up a picture of her son Musa, whose death from acute kidney failure on Oct. 10 was linked to contaminated cough syrup imported to Gambia, where they live, from India. The World Health Organization issued an alert about the medication.

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  • Global Health

Contaminated cough syrup from India linked to 70 child deaths. It's happened before

The World Health Organization has issued an alert about the deaths in the West African nation of Gambia. For context, we speak to the authors of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India.

October 19, 2022
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan
People line up to receive the monkeypox vaccine.

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  • History

Talking about monkeypox? Then you should be talking about sex

Despite the possibility of stigmatizing queer sex, experts say it's important to keep sex at the center of the conversation around monkeypox.

August 18, 2022
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesushe, the head of the World Health Organization, speaks during a media conference at an EU Africa summit in Brussels on Feb. 18, 2022.

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  • Health

2 monkeypox variants will no longer be named after regions, for ethical reasons

Subsequent variants of monkeypox will be named using Roman numerals for the clade, and lowercase letters for the subclade.

August 16, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A doctor administers a dose of the monkeypox vaccine on Saturday in London.

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  • Global Health

The WHO declares monkeypox a public health emergency

The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency.

July 23, 2022
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By:
  • Avie Schneider
Youssef Al-Kurd waits to be seen for his heart disease at Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

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  • Health

A 70-year-old man in Gaza needed open heart surgery. It was a race against time

NPR journalists followed Youssef Al-Kurd and his family for months as they begged for the medical care that could save his life.

July 07, 2022
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Anas Baba
A medical technician shows a suspected monkeypox sample at the microbiology laboratory of La Paz Hospital on June 6 in Madrid. The World Health Organization is working with experts on changing the name of the virus.

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  • Global Health

The WHO wants to give monkeypox a new name

Scientists recently criticized the current name as "discriminatory and stigmatizing." They also say it's inaccurate to name versions of the virus after parts of Africa.

June 15, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
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