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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 considers declaring monkeypox a global health emergency

By Maria Cheng - 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. WHO's top monkeypox expert Dr. Rosamund Lewis said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and whether the suspension of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may somehow be speeding its transmission. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)

WHO convenes experts to decide if monkeypox is an emergency

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

FILE - Marion Koopmans, right, and Peter Ben Embarek, center, of the World Health Organization team say farewell to their Chinese counterpart Liang Wannian, left, after a WHO-China Joint Study Press Conference at the end of the WHO mission in Wuhan, China on Feb. 9, 2021. Experts drafted by the World Health Organization to help investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic say further research is needed to determine how COVID-19 first began. They say they need a more detailed analysis of the possibility it was a laboratory accident. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China calls COVID ‘lab leak’ theory a lie after WHO report

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A worker in protectively overalls and carrying disinfecting equipment walks outside the Wuhan Central Hospital, China on Feb. 6, 2021. Experts drafted by the World Health Organization to help investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic say further research is needed to determine how COVID-19 first began. They say they need a more detailed analysis of the possibility it was a laboratory accident. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

WHO: COVID origins unclear but lab leak theory needs study

By Maria Cheng and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Andy Biggs pursues plan to withdraw U.S. from WHO, citing China concerns

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

This 1997 image provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the right arm and torso of a patient, whose skin displayed a number of lesions due to what had been an active case of monkeypox. As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, in 2022, some doctors are acknowledging an ugly reality: The resources to slow the disease's spread have long been available, just not to the Africans who have dealt with it for decades. (CDC via AP, File)

Africans see inequity in monkeypox response elsewhere

By Maria Cheng and Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

FILE - An employee of Pyongyang Dental Hygiene Products Factory disinfects the floor of a dinning room as the state increased measures to stop the spread of illness in Pyongyang, North Korea, May 16, 2022. A top official at the World Health Organization said the U.N. health agency assumes the coronavirus outbreak in North Korea is “getting worse, not better,” despite the secretive country's recent claims that COVID-19 is slowing there. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, file)

WHO: COVID-19 ‘getting worse, not better’ in North Korea

By Maria Cheng - 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. WHO's top monkeypox expert Dr. Rosamund Lewis said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and whether the suspension of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may somehow be speeding its transmission. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)

WHO: Monkeypox won’t turn into pandemic, but many unknowns

By Maria Cheng - 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 said Friday, May 27, 2022, that nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)

WHO: Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox in more than 20 countries

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

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. Ghebreyesus, is expected to be confirmed by the U.N. health agency's member countries for a second five-year term on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 after no other candidate challenged him for the post amid the ongoing difficulties of responding to the devastating coronavirus pandemic. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP, File)

WHO chief Tedros reappointed to second five-year term

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

A worker wearing a protective suit administers a COVID-19 test at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Parts of Beijing on Thursday halted daily mass testing that had been conducted over the past several weeks, but many testing sites remained busy due to requirements for a negative COVID test in the last 48 hours to enter some buildings in China's capital. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

WHO: COVID deaths dropped by 21% last week but cases rising

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Medical workers in protection suits take a rest after conducting COVID tests for residents near a commercial office complex on Thursdays, May 12, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

WHO: COVID-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa

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Indian Christians wearing masks as a precaution against COVID-19 gather for prayers as they observe Palm Sunday in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The South Asian country has recorded a steep dip in coronavirus cases in recent weeks, with the health ministry reporting approximately 1,100 cases on Friday. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

WHO: 15M excess deaths tied to COVID-19 in first two years

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A person eats in London on Oct. 17, 2007. The World Health Organization says the number of heavy people in Europe has hit “epidemic proportions,” with nearly 60% of adults and one third of children weighing in as either overweight or obese. In a report issued on Tuesday, the U.N. health agency’s European office said the prevalence of obesity among adults is higher across the continent than any other world region, except for the Americas. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

UN: Obesity levels in Europe at ‘epidemic proportions’

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In this file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra arrives for a Senate Finance hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023 for the Dept. of Health and Human Services. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

WHO chief, HHS secretary press Congress to pass global virus aid

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Elderly couple and medical staff walk out from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Wednesday that there is &quot;no specific time frame&quot; for the testing exercise, as authorities focused their efforts on reducing the number of COVID-related deaths in the city during its worst outbreak to date. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

COVID-19 cases, deaths continue to drop globally, WHO says

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A healthcare worker administers an AstraZeneca booster shot for COVID 19 at a vaccination center in Guatemala City, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

WHO says COVID boosters needed, reversing previous call

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A health worker wearing protective gear waits for residents to be tested for the coronavirus at a temporary testing center in Hong Kong, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

COVID cases, deaths continue to fall globally, WHO reports

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World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a media conference at an EU Africa summit in Brussels, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. European Union leaders on Thursday lauded the bloc's vaccine cooperation with Africa in the fight against the coronavirus, but there was no sign they would move toward a temporary lifting of intellectual property rights protection for COVID-19 shots. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

WHO works to spread COVID vaccine technology to more nations

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Masks hang on sticks during a practice session for Switzerland's women's hockey team at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

When will the pandemic be over? It’s complicated, scientists say

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times