Tag: World Health Organization

Nurses wear masks as a precaution against the MERS virus as they attend an International Conference of Nurses in Seoul, South Korea. (Baek Seng-ryul/Yonhap via AP)

MERS spreads to Thailand

Robert King · June 19, 2015 3:48 pm

Workers wearing masks and goggles, spray disinfectant as a precaution against the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

No need for travel bans due to MERS: World Health Org.

Robert King · June 17, 2015 3:04 pm

Passengers flying from Busan, South Korea, receive temperature checks for MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) as they arrive at Hong Kong Airport, Friday, June 5, 2015. The current frenzy in South Korea over MERS brings to mind the other menacing diseases to hit Asia over the last decade -- SARS, which killed hundreds, and bird flu. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

World health group to help South Korea contain disease

Robert King · June 5, 2015 9:55 pm

The world has learned little from the worst outbreak of Ebola in human history. (Getty Images)

World not prepared for global pandemic: Aid group

Robert King · June 4, 2015 3:25 pm

China's Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, speaks during the opening of the 68th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 18, 2015. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

World Health Organization pursues reforms after Ebola criticism

Robert King · May 18, 2015 1:58 pm

A man takes part in the celebrations to mark Liberia being an Ebola free nation in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, May 11, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

Experts call for major reforms at WHO to handle next outbreak

Robert King · May 15, 2015 9:00 am

Ebola patient Beatrice Yardolo, center, leaves the Chinese Ebola treatment center were she was treated, surrounded by Ebola health workers on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Liberia released its last Ebola patient, a 58-year old English teacher, from a treatment center in the capital on Thursday, beginning its countdown to being declared Ebola free. (AP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh)

Liberia Ebola-free, says World Health Organization

Zack Colman · May 9, 2015 3:53 pm

The Ebola virus has hit Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia the hardest so far. (AP Photo)

NIH: Ebola virus not mutating at a fast rate

Robert King · March 26, 2015 10:13 pm

The outbreak has claimed more than 10,000 lives, a majority from the West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, according to the WHO. [AP Photo]Â

WHO slow to act on Ebola, doctors group says

Robert King · March 23, 2015 3:45 pm

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, testifies before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, February 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Top infectious disease official criticizes World Health Organization

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 18, 2015 2:59 pm

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has reached a critical juncture: With the number of cases decreasing, authorities fear big-donor countries may turn manpower and funding elsewhere to what they believe are more pressing problems. (AP Photo)

Ebola could make comeback as spotlight on it fades

Robert King · March 18, 2015 9:00 am

A nurse prepares to give a patient a shot from a hypodermic needle. David Cheskin/PA Wire (Press Association via AP Images)

Government seeks to rebuild trust after flu shot SNAFU

Robert King · March 10, 2015 9:00 am