Nurses who contracted long Covid remain trapped in a post-pandemic freeze frame, battling extreme fatigue, brain fog, weakened immunity, headaches and pain
Organisation’s Pandemic Agreement is born amid slashed budgets and American conspiracy theories
Retrenchment is on the agenda following the US withdrawal from membership and funding of WHO
World Health Organisation has been thrown into crisis by Trump’s order directing the US to withdraw from the agency
Palestinian prime minister meets foreign ministers of Ireland, Norway, Slovenia and EU in Spain to discuss steps towards implementing two-state solution
Former Irish Army member was renowned for his collaborative leadership style and his ability to find solutions to complex problems
Decision comes after fresh outbreak of virus in DRC, with more than 500 deaths linked to illness in Africa this year
Aidan O’Leary was described as a ‘true leader’ by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Gaza under blackout as Israel attacks Islamist group Hamas ‘everywhere’
Coronavirus findings not definitive and all theories, including lab leak, remain on table, health body says
The WHO has expressed doubts about Beijing’s policy but Xi Jinping remains adamant that it is the only way forward
UN body’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said policy not sustainable
Increased knowledge and better tools to fight virus suggests time for change of strategy – Tedros
Almost 15m excess deaths associated with Covid-19 globally at end of 2021, WHO reports
WHO among bodies reminding of Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Afghanistan and Tigray
Tedros urges world not to forget humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s northern region
WHO/Unicef research cites misleading messages that claim breast milk is inadequate
Europe is now entering a ‘plausible endgame’ to the pandemic, WHO doctor says
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says ‘no country is out of the woods’ on Omicron
Most important measure in fight against Covid is to get vaccinated, WHO leader says
WHO warning comes as fresh restrictions expected in Europe in run-up to Christmas
There is evidence mandates increase hesitancy rather than reduce it
Blanket measures not based on evidence penalising southern Africa – Ghebreyusus
Exchequer returns, unemployment and national accounts due out this week
Transforming access to inoculation in the developing world is central to the survival of all
Forum hears women and girls at risk because of the threat of gender-based violence
Hundreds dying each day in Romania as crisis deepens in nations with low vaccine uptake
Health body names new advisory group and urges China to provide data from early cases
Commission finds more than 80 aid workers were involved in exploitation of women
World Bank and IMF should normalise lending to the country, foreign minister says
Choctaw nation gave us $170 in Famine relief in 1847. It is a timeless moral lesson
Call for delay on third doses until end of September so at least 10% of every country inoculated
Japanese women thrash Australia in opening softball match
Best chance to avoid catastrophe is tech fix by rich country in its own self-interest that works for all
Officially reported figures widely believed to undercount pandemic-related deaths
WHO chief says success came ‘only after decades of targeted and sustained action’
Initiative aims to scale up Africa’s access to life-saving inoculations against the disease
Opinions veer from ‘it’s clear this is a natural virus’ to ‘it’s not acting like a typical virus’
White House pushing for fuller inquiry into origins of pandemic that has killed 3.5m
No country should assume that it’s ‘out of the woods’, says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Fatalities associated with working more than 55 hours a week rise 30% since 2000, study finds
About 1.7 million new cases and 20,000 deaths reported by India in last week
Decision opens possibility that jab could be included in Covax programme
President Higgins welcomes move as one of ‘immense moral significance in international policy’
Jean Murray says her family thinks she’s crazy for believing Covid-19 is a hoax
Several destinations considering ‘3V’ packages: visit, vaccinate and vacation
Further studies needed to identify origin of Covid-19 as report released, Tedros says
Brazil accounts for a quarter of world’s daily Covid deaths, recording 3,650 on Friday
Pressure rises as Italy prepares to confine citizens to homes again to counter Covid surge
White House says questions over findings and process of fact-finding mission to China
The inequality of vaccine distribution is a profound moral challenge, a test of our common humanity
Europe Letter: The pandemic will not end without international co-operation
Developed nations’ recovery hit through trade links unless they help more, WHO finds
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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