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    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      Coronavirus pandemic
      WHO calls on China to release more data on Covid outbreak

      Beijing reports almost 60,000 deaths in month since abandoning pandemic restrictions

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      SK Bioscience says ‘national pride’ prevents China from accepting foreign Covid jabs

      South Korean vaccine maker looks elsewhere to expand overseas business

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Coronavirus pandemic
      China has under-represented its number of Covid deaths, says WHO

      Global health body issues its strongest rebuke yet of Beijing’s handling of the pandemic

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Covid-19 vaccines
      EU offers free Covid-19 vaccines to China to help curb outbreak

      Beijing rejects Brussels’ offer, citing full control of situation

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      WHO urges China to step up vaccinations after rise in Covid cases

      Beijing asked to make more data available on disease severity, hospital admissions and occupancy rates

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
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      Diplomats in Brussels concerned over timing and format of meeting with Xi Jinping

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      Special ReportFT Health: Future of Antibiotics
      Pandemic holds back fight against antibiotic resistance

      Few countries have well funded plans to tackle health threat to millions

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
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      Cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis rise for first time in almost 20 years

      WHO report highlights global resurgence of the disease during coronavirus pandemic

    • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
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      At least 17mn people in Europe have had long Covid, says WHO

      Women twice as likely as men to suffer condition associated with cognitive problems and fatigue, modelling shows

    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2022
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      Big power rifts and dwindling funds raise risks in ‘pandemic era’

      Experts hit out at monkeypox response: ‘We’re actually at the most vulnerable we’ve ever been’

    • Saturday, 23 July, 2022
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      WHO declares spread of monkeypox an international public health emergency

      Highest possible designation used for first time since Covid pandemic began as 16,000 cases detected across the world

    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      Special ReportFT Health: Future of Antibiotics
      Antibiotic resistance raises prospect of untreatable gonorrhoea

      Just one drug remains effective for the sexually transmitted disease but soon the bacteria may be able to evade it

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
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      ‘Red alert’ on global child health issued after drop in vaccinations

      WHO and Unicef warn of fall in immunisations for diseases such as diphtheria, polio and measles

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
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      Monkeypox thought to be mutating faster than anticipated, study finds

      WHO debates raising classification of outbreak as some authorities widen eligibility for vaccines

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
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      WHO set to back use of Covid variant-specific vaccines as third shot

      Recommendation by health agency advisory group marks shift in thinking of global health authorities

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
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      WHO says North Korea’s Covid outbreak worsening despite Pyongyang’s claims

      UN health agency has repeatedly offered technical and medical assistance

    • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
      Special ReportFT Health: Future of Antibiotics
      Diagnostic tests a crucial tool in fight against antibiotic resistance

      Identifying conditions can prevent inappropriate drug use, but there are barriers to progress in poorer regions

    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      Anjana Ahuja
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      Universal smallpox vaccination may not be necessary but complacency is not an option in viral outbreaks

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
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      Former Ethiopian minister faces difficult task of rebuilding trust in global health body

    • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
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      EU health agency advises member states to plan for monkeypox jabs

      Programmes would use smallpox vaccine and immunise close contacts of confirmed cases

    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
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      China attacks ‘irresponsible’ WHO criticism of its zero-Covid policy

      Beijing censors silence online debate about health body’s claim that tough approach is unsustainable

    • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      WHO chief warns that China’s zero-Covid strategy is not sustainable

      New modelling underscores country’s vulnerability because of faltering vaccination drive

    • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Coronavirus far deadlier than official count, WHO estimate suggests

      Health body says 15mn people died by the end of 2021, nearly three times official death toll

    • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Bill Gates calls for global surveillance team to spot pandemic threats

      The philanthropist urges world leaders to increase spending to improve preparedness for health threats

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Pollution
      Almost all the world’s population breathes harmful air, says WHO

      New database reveals 99% of people on the planet are exposed to air pollution above safe limits

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