scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicWHO

Topic: WHO

WHO team visits hospitals in coronavirus-hit Wuhan as death toll rises to 2,592

President Xi presided over a high-level meeting Sunday to review his govt's efforts to contain the virus and called for more efforts to tackle China's 'largest public health emergency'.

Coronavirus death toll hits 1,017 with 42,708 confirmed cases

The World Health Organisation announced that 400 scientists will be meeting on 11-12 February in Geneva to discuss all aspects of the virus.

WHO pushes countries to share more patient details to combat coronavirus

A week after WHO deemed the virus an international threat, it said it’s not getting all the data it needs to upgrade its advice to companies and governments worldwide.

Not masks or gloves, this is the best way to avoid coronavirus, says airline doctor

The risk of catching a serious infection on an aircraft is low. The air supply to a modern airliner is different from a movie theater or an office building.

Early-stage breast cancer treatment to cost 10 yrs of average annual wages in India: WHO

Cancer medicines are globally unavailable & unaffordable to vast majority of people without insurance coverage or financial protection, WHO says in World Cancer Report.

Coronavirus death toll in China soars to 490, confirmed cases mount to 24,324

In view of the outbreak, India has temporarily suspended e-visa facility for Chinese travellers and foreigners residing in the country.

‘I Am and I Will’ — World Cancer Day this year is all about commitment to positive thinking

World Cancer Day is observed on 4 February every year as an international awareness day to speak and stand for a cancer-free world.

When WHO understates coronavirus risk, you know China’s geopolitics is at play

Politics is well underway even as countries cooperate to tackle coronavirus. And lest you think China is being cornered, remember what it is doing to Taiwan.

Coronavirus death toll climbs to 213, China to send charter flights to bring back citizens

WHO declared an global health emergency as China reported 9,692 cases of coronovirus infection. The country is also bringing residents back to Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak.

Coronavirus outbreak declared global health emergency. Here’s what it means

Declaration of global health emergency gives WHO’s director-general powers to give temporary recommendations to countries that include travel advisories & restrictions.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.