Tag: World Health Organization

People get tested for COVID-19 at a drive through testing site hosted by the Puente Movement migrant justice organization Saturday, June 20, 2020, in Phoenix. Latinos are especially vulnerable to infection because they tend to live in tight quarters with multiple family members and have jobs that expose them to others. They also have a greater incidence of health conditions like diabetes that put them at higher risk for contracting COVID-19. (AP Photo/Matt York)

WHO Reports Largest Single-Day Spike In Coronavirus Cases

By Joseph Wilson and JAMEY KEATEN | June 22, 2020 9:25 a.m.

A boat trip to Fort Kochi and back to Ernakulam on the first day of boat services resuming after Coronavirus lockdown in Kochi, Kerala

Top World Health Official Warns That First Wave Of Coronavirus Isn’t Over

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and ELAINE KURTENBACH | May 26, 2020 9:14 a.m.

WHO Halts Trial Of Trump’s Anti-Malaria Drug After Study Finds Higher Mortality Rate In COVID Cases

By | May 25, 2020 4:46 p.m.

Where Things Stand: Desperate Appeasement

This is your TPM early-afternoon briefing.

By | May 19, 2020 1:17 p.m.

The World Health Organization just unanimously agreed it would conduct a “comprehensive evaluation” of its own response to the coronavirus pandemic that’s rocked the globe. The Associated Press reported that the vote was taken after a resolution was brought forward by European Union members and African nations. But you’d be remiss to assume that Trump’s latest Twitter tangent and funding threats didn’t have something to do with this decision.