From staff cuts to aid reductions, UN humanitarian agencies scramble in wake of US funding freeze Trump administration freezes on U.S. foreign aid have led many United Nations organizations to cut staff, budgets and services in places as diverse as Afghanistan, Sudan, Ukraine and far beyond. World 08 Mar, 2025
WHO chief asks countries to push Washington to reconsider its withdrawal The World Health Organization chief asked global leaders to lean on Washington to reverse President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the U.N. health agency, insisting in a closed-door meeting with diplomats last week that the U.S. will miss out on critical information about global disease outbreaks. Nepal 03 Feb, 2025
Trump wants to pull the US out of the World Health Organization again. Here's what may happen next US President Donald Trump used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization for the second time in less than five years World 21 Jan, 2025
Nobel in medicine goes to 2 scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and could be used in the future to create other shots. World 02 Oct, 2023
Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus US President Joe Biden celebrated his recovery from COVID-19 on Wednesday with an appeal to Americans to get vaccinated and a comparison of his mild symptoms and work-from-home performance to the more serious case experienced by his predecessor. World 28 Jul, 2022
UN health agency chief declares monkeypox a global emergency UN health agency chief declares monkeypox a global emergency World 23 Jul, 2022
Monkeypox not a global emergency 'at this stage': WHO panel The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency. Health 26 Jun, 2022
Africans see inequity in monkeypox response elsewhere As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors acknowledge an ugly reality: The resources to slow the disease's spread have long been available, just not to the Africans who have dealt with it for decades. World 01 Jun, 2022
African scientists baffled by monkeypox cases in Europe, US African scientists baffled by monkeypox cases in Europe, US World 20 May, 2022
When Africans asked for COVID shots, they didn't get them. Now they don't want them It's noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic in Accra as kids clamber over their mothers while they wait to get their measles vaccines. Outside, an area reserved for COVID-19 shots is empty. A health worker leans back in his chair and scrolls on a tablet. Nepal 18 May, 2022
Climate change may increase risk of new infectious diseases Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that's likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, according to a new study. Health 28 Apr, 2022
A life of excellent service Dr Sangya Malla, Superintendent of Nepal Police, has been awarded the 2021 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award by the United Nations Department of Peace Operations, becoming the first Nepali woman to receive the award. She was presented the award amidst a virtual ceremony on November 9 by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. Lifestyle 13 Nov, 2021
