On Nov. 26, a new coronavirus variant was named by the World Health Organization. The latest variant, Omicron, was first identified in South Africa.
According to a Nov. 26 New York Times article,...
Poorer countries may have little hope of sufficiently vaccinating populations, perhaps for years, as pharmaceutical giants’ vaccine distribution seems to be concentrated around several rich nations....
Nearly 200 people have died in the recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since the outbreak began, it has also spread to several neighboring countries, including Uganda and Angola....
Aarushi Ahuja, World And Nation Editor
• October 27, 2017
Zimbabwe
On Oct. 22, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, announced the retraction of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s appointment as a goodwill ambassador in response...
The U.N. General Assembly met with the Nigerian delegation to discuss recent achievements in the fight against polio in the West African country on Oct. 29.
In 2012, more than a half of the world’s...
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