Increasing Health Emergencies Leave WHO ‘Overstretched’

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A growing number of health emergencies around the world, from COVID-19 to cholera, have left the World Health Organization's response "overstretched," a senior advisor said on Tuesday.   Speaking at the U.N. agency's annual meeting, Professor Walid Ammar, chairman of a committee reviewing the WHO's emergency…


WHO Members Approve Nearly $7 Billion Budget

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The World Health Organization on Monday won basic approval for a $6.83 billion budget over the next two years, including a 20% hike in mandatory membership fees. As the U.N. health agency kicked off its annual decision-making assembly, member states in a key committee approved…


Mexico Post-Op Infections Prompt US Health Alert

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Mexican authorities said Thursday that they were trying to locate several hundred people, including U.S. nationals, potentially at risk of developing fungal meningitis after medical treatment near the border. The announcement came a day after the United States warned that suspected fungal infections had led…


Blasting Gender Stereotypes in South Africa

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In South Africa, women make up only 13% of graduates with degrees in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. In an effort to interest more young women in those fields, a retired US astronaut is visiting schools in South Africa. Zaheer Cassim reports…