About 200 confirmed and more than 100 suspected cases of Monkeypox have been detected so far outside of the countries where it usually spreads, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday, urging countries to increase surveillance for the infectious disease. Monkeypox, a mild viral infection, is endemic in the African countries of Cameroon,…
WHO Chief Tedros Reappointed to Second Five-Year Term
LONDON—WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reappointed to a second five-year term on Tuesday by the U.N. health agency’s member countries. No other candidate challenged Tedros for the post. Tedros, a former government minister from Ethiopia, has directed WHO throughout its management of the global response to COVID-19 and withstood criticism over its multiple missteps….
WHO Pandemic Treaty: What It Is, Why It Matters and How to Stop It
In June, we have an opportunity to give public comment on one of the World Health Organization’s most harrowing proposals to date. The World Health Assembly will also vote on amendments to the International Health Regulations, May 22-28, 2022. The WHO will accept two more days of public comment on the treaty, June 16 and 17,…
Rep. Ralph Norman, House Freedom Caucus Call on Biden to Drop WHO Amendments
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) told The Epoch Times on May 23 that President Joe Biden’s proposed amendments to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) authority are “the greatest threat to our sovereignty that we’ve faced in a long time.” The South Carolina Republican said “for this administration to sell this country down the river like he’s…
Biden Seeks New Unilateral Powers for WHO Chief to Declare Public Health Emergencies
President Joe Biden’s administration is pushing amendments to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing regulations to give Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus unilateral authority to declare a public health emergency in any nation based on whatever evidence he chooses. The proposed U.S. amendments were forwarded to the WHO in January for consideration next week by the UN’s…
The Chilling Reason They Won’t Declare the Pandemic Over?
Over the past two years, in the name of keeping everyone “safe” from infection, the globalists have justified unprecedented attacks on democracy, civil liberties and personal freedoms, including the right to choose your own medical treatment. Now, the WHO wants to make its pandemic leadership permanent, and to extend it into the health care systems…
Grace’s Last Day: A Father Questions Hospital Protocols Leading Up to His Daughter’s Death
On Grace Schara’s last day, she had been given a combination of a sedative, an anxiety medication, and morphine leading up to her time of death at 7:27 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2021. With an armed guard standing near the doorway of her room at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton, Wisconsin, Jessica, Grace’s sister and…
Pandemic Could Be Over This Year If Distribution of Vaccines and Treatments Is Addressed: WHO
The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic could be over this year if issues with distribution of vaccines and treatments are addressed quickly, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said Tuesday. Speaking during a panel discussion on vaccines hosted by the World Economic Forum, officials noted that while the virus may ultimately never go away, the worst of the pandemic,…
WHO’s Tedros Warns Holiday Gatherings Could Result in COVID-19 Surge, Urges People to Cancel Events
World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that holiday gatherings over Christmas could result in a surge of COVID-19, and urged people to cancel such events in light of the new Omicron variant. Health experts in South Africa, where the new variant was first discovered, have said Omicron is not driving up hospitalizations or…
WHO: Omicron Could Trigger Global Pandemic Surge; Will Existing Immunity Work Against Omicron?
Why has the World Health Organization (WHO) designated the new, heavily-mutated coronavirus variant Omicron a “variant of concern?” How is it that the next-in-line letters of the Greek alphabet, Nu and Xi, were skipped in the naming of this strain? Observing the different responses around the world to Omicron triggers recollection of the “early days”…
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