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As US Withdraws From WHO, China Supercharges Its Public Health Diplomacy
Over the course of two decades, China has built a public health aid program for the world, turbocharged by the pandemic. As ...
Argentina to withdraw from WHO after Trump exit, citing 'deep differences'
Argentina will pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), a presidential spokesperson said on Wednesday, following ...
Long COVID costs countries billions of dollars
Long COVID is causing significant economic damage, with estimates suggesting that millions globally face persistent health ...
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Only a quarter of Romanian teens do enough sports to maintain good health
Only 28% of teenagers in Romania aged 11-15 engage in the minimum required level of physical activity and sports to maintain ...
China has free health care and lower rates of obesity. Here’s how the life expectancy compares to the U.S.
Still, the adult obesity rate in the U.S. is 42.4% vs. 14% in China—though it’s expected to rise along with interest in fast ...
CDC staff ordered to cut off communication with WHO
The directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump ...
Trump pulls out of WHO and Paris – how did international bodies get through deglobalisation last time around?
Modern global regulatory bodies should draw upon the repertoire of strategies used by their 1930s predecessors to survive ...
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CDC memo orders public health officials to stop working with WHO immediately
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all staff who work with the WHO must ...
What Leaving the WHO Means for the U.S. and the World
"The bottom line is that withdrawing from the WHO makes Americans and the world less safe," says Dr. Tom Frieden, president ...