Since the start of the pandemic, there has been an urgent need to accelerate the research and development of COVID-19 candidate vaccines. Under the umbrella of the Global Research Roadmap, the WHO Working Group...

In the fourth edition of its COVID-19 Travel Restrictions:  A Global Review for Tourism, the UN specialized agency reviews measures of 217 destinations worldwide, as of 18 May.  The report finds that 3 per cent...

Dr. Michael Ryan, WHO Executive Director, was speaking to journalists listening in to the UN agency’s regular virtual update on the pandemic. He reported that the Americas are home to five of the 10 countries w...

GENEVA – Prevention and treatment services for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have been severely disrupted since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to a WHO survey released today. The survey, which w...