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The World Health Organization has decided to assign different Greek alphabet letters like Alpha, Beta and Gamma to each new coronavirus mutation in an effort to decrease stigma.

The World Health Organization’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan spoke on Tuesday after several nations made the decision to halt use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

NBC News senior medical correspondent Dr. John Torres writes about his search for vaccine certification.

Investigators from the World Health Organization visited a research center in Wuhan on Wednesday.

World Health Organization investigators have visited a research center in the central Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus

A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has visited the food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many early infections

A World Health Organization team is visiting a hospital where China says the first COVID-19 patients were treated more than a year ago.

China is trying to spread doubt about the effectiveness of Western vaccines and the origin of the coronavirus as a World Health Organization-selected team of scientists is in the city where the pandemic began

A global team of researchers has arrived in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to investigate its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries

Emails seen by The Associated Press show that an official who coordinated work on a withdrawn World Health Organization report into Italy’s coronavirus response warned his bosses that people could die if the agency allowed political concerns to suppress the document

A scientist taking part in the World Health Organization’s mission track down the origins of the coronavirus says they plan to sift through samples and medical data from China to help determine where the bug came from

“I don’t think we envision any countries creating a mandate for vaccination,” Kate O’Brien, director of the World Health Organization’s immunization department, said Monday.

Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, and the World Health Organization has mixed news about the progress made in fighting the disease.

The head of the World Health Organization says he will self-quarantine after being identified as a contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19

Just as millions of children are heading back to school, the World Health Organization says those aged 6 to 11 should wear masks in some cases to help fight the spread of coronavirus. The recommendations presented Monday follow the widespread belief that children under 12 are not considered as likely to propagate the virus as much as adults. Children in…

The World Health Organization released updated coronavirus guidelines which recommend that all non-urgent dental visits be postponed until after the pandemic to reduce the spread.

The World Health Organization said Monday there are glimmers of hope in the fight against the coronavirus, even as global cases from the virus near 20 million and deaths approach 750,000.  “I know many of you are grieving and that this is a difficult moment for the world,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press conference from the agency’s...

The World Health Organization said Monday there may never be a “silver bullet” for the coronavirus even as scientists and drugmakers across the globe race to find a safe and effective vaccine. Scientists have made progress in identifying treatments that can help people with the most severe forms of Covid-19, and a number of vaccines are in late-stage trials, WHO Director-General...

The United States is grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world, as Florida shattered the national record for a state’s largest single-day increase in new confirmed cases with a reported 15,299

The World Health Organization published new guidance Thursday, saying it can’t rule out the possibility that the coronavirus can be transmitted through air particles in closed spaces indoors, including in gyms and restaurants. The WHO previously acknowledged that the virus may become airborne in certain environments, such as during “medical procedures that generate aerosols.” The new guidance recognizes some...