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RFK Jr bashes US health agency after its chief is sacked
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday lashed out at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a day after its director was ousted, saying the renowned agency needs to be overhauled.
Pandemic treaty talks inch towards deal
AFP, Published on 15/04/2025
» GENEVA - Countries hoping to end more than three years of negotiations on battling future pandemics met for talks on Tuesday, after reaching a preliminary agreement last week.
Global accord reached on tackling future pandemics
AFP, Published on 12/04/2025
» GENEVA - World Health Organization members on Saturday reached agreement over how to tackle future pandemics after three years of discussions, the co-chair of the negotiating body told AFP.
'Getting scary': US aid cuts undermine global fight against TB
AFP, Published on 11/03/2025
» PARIS — The Trump administration's sweeping foreign aid cuts will send tuberculosis cases and deaths soaring around the world, humanitarian workers have warned.
DR Congo conflict ‘risks broader regional war’
AFP, Published on 01/02/2025
» GOMA, DR Congo - The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi’s president said on Saturday, as Africa’s top health agency warned the fighting could spark new outbreaks of serious diseases.
Rwanda-backed fighters advance further in DR Congo
AFP, Published on 31/01/2025
» GOMA, DR Congo - The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo on Friday, a day after pledging to take the capital Kinshasa and as international criticism mounted.
Charlie Hebdo unveils special edition 10 years since attack
AFP, Published on 06/01/2025
» PARIS - French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo unveiled a special edition Monday to mark 10 years since an attack on its offices by Islamist gunmen that decimated its staff.
Monkeypox to be renamed mpox: WHO
AFP, Published on 28/11/2022
» GENEVA: Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox, the World Health Organization announced Monday, in a bid to avoid stigmatisation stemming from the existing name.