NPR reflects on the cascading events of March 11, 2020, the day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

Five years ago on Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced Covid-19 had become a pandemic -- a moment when the world ...

According to a statement released on Thursday, this declaration follows the third meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox held on 25 February 2025 where the Committee ...

During his visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, held a virtual call with Bahraini citizen Amjad Al-Muharraqi, ...

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control remains as relevant today as it did when it entered into force 20 years ago.

His Excellency Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs, received His Excellency Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), at the ...

Ahmed al-Shara’s unlikely path from membership in Al Qaeda to head of state has raised questions about how he intends to govern Syria. Ahmed al-Shara’s unlikely path from membership in Al ...

During the early part of the 20th century, people of color throughout our country had a hard time making ends meet due to racial tension. Fortunately, there were a number of men and women who ...

A local BJP leader, Dr. BD Dwivedi, tragically passed away in his car while being rushed to a hospital. His family struggled to reach medical help due to numerous city barricades. The family ...

Charlotte Knobloch, President of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, attends an award ceremony. One of the most prominent representatives of the Jewish community in Germany ...

leader Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the comments with progress slow and time running out for the talks. Countries had reached the cusp of concluding a landmark agreement on how to tackle future ...