Vaccination

Beyond vaccines, UNESCO seeks share more global science

While the U.S. president is calling for suspending patents on COVID-19 vaccines, experts at UNESCO are quietly working on a more ambitious plan: a new global system for sharing scientific knowledge that would outlast the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID origins report postponed, likely due next week: WHO

An international expert team that visited China to investigate the origins of COVID-19 has postponed publishing their report, which will now likely appear next week, the WHO said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ebola death toll jumps to more than 1,900: WHO (Update)

More than 1,900 people have now died of Ebola in west Africa, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning the world's worst-ever outbreak of the virus is still gathering pace.