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W.H.O. Declares Monkeypox Spread a Global Health Emergency
For the second time in two years, the World Health Organization has taken the extraordinary step of declaring a global emergency. This time the cause is monkeypox, which has spread in just a few weeks to dozens of countries and infected tens of thousands of people. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, […]
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UK knew of former French president’s ill health for 10 years, papers reveal | National Archives
A British diplomat raised concerns about the secret extent of French president François Mitterrand’s ill health a decade before the statesman’s terminal prognosis was made public, newly released official papers reveal. Sir Reginald Hibbert, the UK government’s ambassador in Paris, apprised Whitehall colleagues in December 1981 with “talk about the […]
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Meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country monkeypox outbreak
The WHO Director-General has the pleasure of transmitting the Report of the Meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country monkeypox outbreak, held on 23 June 2022, from 12:00 to 17:00 Geneva time (CEST). The WHO Director-General concurs with the advice offered by the IHR […]
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