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GENEVA -- Almost one year since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global "pandemic", the World Health Organization (WHO) clarified on Monday that it did use the "highest level of alarm" to urge actions from all countries in early 2020. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Being...

PARIS—More than three quarters of people hospitalized with COVID-19 still suffered from at least one symptom after six months, according to a study published early this month that scientists said shows the need for further investigation into lingering coronavirus effects. The research, which was...

Delays to a long-planned mission by WHO experts to China to investigate the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic are "not just a visa issue", Beijing said Wednesday. A woman uses her mobile phone along the banks of the Yangtze River on New Year's Eve day in Wuhan in ChinaÂ’s central Hubei province...

GENEVA, Switzerland -- Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for seven of the top 10 causes of death before the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Dec. 9, with heart disease killing more people than ever before. The WHO's new Global Health Estimates, adding 2019...