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Residents wait in line to receive the Ebola vaccine in Beni, Congo DRC on July 13, 2019. A confidential U.N. report into the alleged missteps by senior World Health Organization in the way they handled a sexual misconduct case during an Ebola outbreak in Congo found their response did not violate the agency’s policies because of what some officials described as a “loophole.” The report, which was submitted to the WHO Director-General on Jan. 2023, and was not released publicly, was obtained by the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

‘Loophole’ excuses WHO officials accused of misconduct

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

U.S. Loyce Pace, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is seen during the 75th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 24, 2022. The State Department’s top official on health affairs urged the World Health Organization to address allegations reported by The Associated Press that one of its doctors repeatedly engaged in sexual misconduct. “There are many of us who stand with survivors and stand with those who identify as victims and are truly committed, but also frustrated by where things have stood to date," Loyce Pace told a meeting of the WHO's Executive Board on Tuesday. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Top U.S. official urges WHO to address sexual misconduct

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

Passengers coming from China pass by a COVID-19 testing center at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Jan. 14, 2023. South Korea says it will continue to restrict the entry of short-term travelers from China through the end of February over concerns that the spread of COVID-19 in that country may worsen following the Lunar New Year’s holidays. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

WHO says COVID-19 remains an international emergency but is at transition point

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Shoppers wearing masks visit a popular mall following the easing of pandemic restrictions in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. European Union nations are fine-tuning a coordinated response to China's COVID-19 crisis on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 and are zeroing in on travel restrictions that would upset both Beijing and the global airline industry. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

WHO worried about surge of COVID in China amid lack of info

Associated Press

Residents wearing masks cross an intersection in Beijing, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. More cities eased restrictions, allowing shopping malls, supermarkets and other businesses to reopen following protests last weekend in Shanghai and other areas in which some crowds called for President Xi Jinping to resign. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

WHO pleased to see China ease harsh zero COVID policies

Associated Press

This image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory that was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Md. The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist. (NIAID via AP, File)

WHO decides to rename monkeypox as mpox to avoid stigma

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory that was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Md. The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist. (NIAID via AP, File)

WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns

Associated Press

A medic wearing a special suit to protect against coronavirus fills documents as a body of a COVID-19 victim lies on a stretcher at an ICU of a hospital in Volgograd, Russia, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexandr Kulikov)

WHO reports 90% drop in world COVID-19 deaths since February

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health Diana Atwine, center, confirms a case of Ebola in the country, at a press conference in Kampala, Uganda Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Ugandan health authorities on Tuesday reported that a man who died a day earlier had tested positive for the virus that causes Ebola and referred to a potential new outbreak. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Uganda declares outbreak of Sudan type of Ebola

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A family salvages belongings from their flood-hit home in Shikarpur district of Sindh province, of Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Officials in Pakistan raised concerns Wednesday over the spread of waterborne diseases among thousands of flood victims as flood waters from powerful monsoon rains began to recede in many parts of the country. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

WHO warns: Pakistan flooding destroyed health centers, will exacerbate disease outbreaks

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

World Health Organization Regional Director for Western Pacific Takeshi Kasai addresses the media at the start of the five-day annual session Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, in Manila, Philippines. Kasai has been indefinitely removed from his post, according to internal correspondence Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

WHO director in Asia accused of racism, abuse put on leave

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

Health workers wearing protective suits tend to an Ebola victim kept in an isolation tent in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday, July 13, 2019. A new case of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in Congo’s eastern Beni city, Congo’s ministry of health announced Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, saying it is linked to a previous outbreak. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Democratic Republic of Congo declares flare-up of Ebola after patient dies, WHO says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory that was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Md. On Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming that monkeypox hasn't been detected in Georgia drinking water. The July 26 Atlanta-area news broadcast broadcast is being mischaracterized online to push the false claim that monkeypox has been found in residents’ tap water. (NIAID via AP)

WHO plans to rename monkeypox over stigmatization concerns

Associated Press

In this file photo, a sign urges the release of the monkeypox vaccine during a protest in San Francisco, July 18, 2022. Public health officials are divided over how to handle the monkeypox epidemic with respect to advice to at-risk communities like gay men. Some urge promotion of abstinence, especially from anonymous or casual sex, while others say such an approach has historically proven ineffective. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

Monkeypox outbreak sparks debate over guidance on sexual behaviors

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Health care workers with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene help people register for the monkeypox vaccine at one of the city's vaccination sites, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. The World Health Organization recently declared that the expanding monkeypox outbreak is a global emergency. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NYC health chief tells WHO to rename monkeypox

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This 1997 image provided by the CDC during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), formerly Zaire, and depicts the dorsal surfaces of the hands of a monkeypox case patient, who was displaying the appearance of the characteristic rash during its recuperative stage. The World Health Organization is convening its emergency committee on Thursday, July 21, 2022, to consider for the second time within weeks whether the expanding outbreak of monkeypox should be declared a global crisis. (CDC via AP, File)

UN health agency chief declares monkeypox a global emergency

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

This 1997 image provided by the CDC during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), formerly Zaire, and depicts the dorsal surfaces of the hands of a monkeypox case patient, who was displaying the appearance of the characteristic rash during its recuperative stage. The World Health Organization is convening its emergency committee on Thursday, July 21, 2022, to consider for the second time within weeks whether the expanding outbreak of monkeypox should be declared a global crisis. (CDC via AP, File)

WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergency

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

WHO: ‘Sex is not limited to male or female’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a media conference at an EU Africa summit in Brussels on Feb. 18, 2022 .The head of the World Health Organization criticized the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling that guaranteed women a constitutional right to abortion, calling it “a setback” that would ultimately cost women's lives.(Johanna Geron/Pool Photo via AP, File)

WHO chief: U.S. abortion ruling ‘a setback,’ will cost lives

Associated Press

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee of experts to determine if the expanding monkeypox outbreak that has mysteriously spread outside its usual zones should be considered an international public health emergency. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)

WHO sets sights on monkeypox as next globalist power grab

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times