Meetings held by the WHO in January show a discrepancy between the U.N. agency's warm words about Beijing's transparency and its concerns it was holding back data, the Associated Press reported.
A range of neurological problems have been reported in COVID-19 patients, including a loss of smell, taste, headaches as well as stroke, issues with consciousness, seizures, and brain damage, according to scientists.
In an op-ed piece, Texas Republican Congressman Will Hurd asked President Donald Trump to reverse his Friday decision terminating the United States' relationship with the World Health Organization.
"More attention is needed to this vulnerable health population in order to ensure their safety and well-being during this pandemic," study author Scott Landes said.
France has banned doctors from prescribing hydroxychloroquine to COVID-19 patients over fears about its safety, after the World Health Organization expressed similar concerns.
The director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research on Tuesday insisted there is "no harm" in taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19, despite the World Health Organization halting a study of the drug over increasing safety concerns.
"Right now, we're not in the second wave. We're right in the middle of the first wave globally," said WHO's Executive Director of Emergencies, Dr. Michael Ryan, during a news conference on Monday.
The trial pause comes the day after the president revealed he was no longer taking the unproven coronavirus treatment and prevention method that health experts and officials—including within the Trump administration—have warned not to use.
At least 27 countries have reported problems administering measles vaccines, while several others face similar diffficulties with vaccinating children against polio, typhoid, cholera and more.
Africa and the world contained Ebola. But without similar international support Africa will lose the fight against coronavirus, pandemic and COVID-19 will remain a global threat. We will all be losers.
Scientists have looked at the genetic make-up of a coronavirus found in pangolins to see if the scaly animals were the intermediary host of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
The World Health Organization said the global COVID-19 case tally rose by 106,000 in the last 24 hours, the largest single-day jump in new cases since the pandemic began.
President Donald Trump excoriated the WHO and its director-general in a letter about the agency's response to COVID-19 and handling of China. Here, Newsweek adds more context to the letter.
A new study found the virus contaminated several key surfaces in a hotel room in less than 24 hours, despite the patients not yet showing any symptoms.