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The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating around the world as many countries that reopened their economies see a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said Monday.

World Heath Organization Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the world must stay diligent in its fight against COVID-19.

As some European countries begin to see a decline in coronavirus cases, World Health Organization director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a warning against forgoing mitigation tactics, urging people to remain vigilant and maintain solidarity in the fight against the virus.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, said at a press conference on Monday that he supports the global protests against racism and police brutality. He urged protesters to continue taking safety precautions during the coronavirus pandemic.

The World Health Organization is broadening its recommendations for the use of masks during the coronavirus pandemic.

Government leaders in the U.S. are warning that the massive protests following the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis could fuel a new surge in cases of the coronavirus

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the United States will no longer be supporting the World Health Organization, accusing WHO of being under “total control” of China which pressured WHO officials to “mislead the world when the virus was first discovered by Chinese authorities.”

France, Italy and Belgium announced on Wednesday they would ban the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus patients after recent studies revealed serious safety issues with the anti-malaria drug.

The World Health Organization says it will temporarily drop hydroxychloroquine from its global study into experimental COVID-19 treatments because its experts need to review all available evidence.

In a tweet late Monday night, President Donald Trump revealed he is threatening to permanently freeze funding to the World Health Organization.

The coronavirus pandemic may continue into the latter half of the decade, a senior global health official has warned, as the death toll of the virus approaches the grim milestone of 300,000. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist, told the Financial Times’ Global Boardroom webinar on Wednesday: “I would say in a four to five-year timeframe, we...

A top world health official is warning that countries are essentially driving blind in reopening economies without setting up strong contact tracing to beat back flareups of the coronavirus

The United Nations is calling on governments, companies and billionaires to contribute to a $6.7 billion fund for immediate needs in fighting the coronavirus pandemic in vulnerable countries.

There is no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 are protected from a second infection, the World Health Organization warned Saturday as the worldwide death toll topped 200,000, NBC News reports.

Gilead Sciences said that a draft document showing disappointing results from a closely watched clinical trial of the company’s treatment for the coronavirus contained “inappropriate characterizations” and that the study’s findings were “inconclusive.”

President Donald Trump’s move to halt funding to the World Health Organization has been met with severe criticism at home and abroad, with the United Nations secretary-general saying “now is not the time” for such a drastic move while the coronavirus pandemic is gripping the globe, NBC News reports.

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget is working on a possible plan for cutting U.S. aid to the World Health Organization, administration officials said Wednesday, as President Donald Trump tries to deflect blame for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The first patients in a “historic” drug trial to test treatments for the coronavirus have been enrolled in Norway and Spain, World Health Organization officials announced Friday.

The World Health Organization made a plea for solidarity between age groups to make sure young people understand they are not invincible when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic and how they can put others at risk.

Viral posts on social media claim COVID-19 is no worse than other outbreaks that have occurred in “every election year,” suggesting that the new coronavirus is being “hyped” to hurt President Donald Trump. But most of the dates cited to defend those conclusions about previous outbreaks are misleading or incorrect.