WHO Says China’s Vaccine Prevents COVID But Questions Data on Side Effects: Reuters May 6, 2021 By Stephanie Nebehay WHO experts have voiced “very low confidence” in data provided by Chinese state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm on its COVID-19 vaccine regarding...
Cruise Ship Tests Coronavirus Containment as 300 Passengers Return to U.S. February 17, 2020 By Stephanie Nebehay and Stephen Lam TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif./GENEVA, Feb 17 —More than 300 American cruise liner passengers, including 14 who tested positive for...
New Climate Data from WMO Shows World is Warming January 21, 2011 By Stephanie Nebehay Last year tied for the hottest year on record, confirming a long-term warming trend, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said...
Weather Experts Discuss Why Insurers, Others Need Better Warning Systems August 13, 2010 By Stephanie Nebehay Asia’s heavy monsoons, a record heatwave in Russia and severe droughts in Africa show the need for new yardsticks to...
WMO Foresees La Nina in Pacific this Year July 6, 2010 By Stephanie Nebehay La Nina is likely to cool the tropical Pacific in coming months, a phenomenon which usually causes stronger monsoons across...
El Nino to Influence Climate to Midyear March 31, 2010 By Stephanie Nebehay The El Nino warming the Pacific Ocean since June has peaked, but is expected to influence climate patterns worldwide up...
Deaths Not Caused by H1N1 Vaccine, Says World Health Organization November 19, 2009 By Stephanie Nebehay About 40 people have died after being inoculated against H1N1 pandemic flu, but investigations so far show the fatalities were...
WHO Poised to Declare First Flu Pandemic Since 1968 June 11, 2009 By Stephanie Nebehay The World Health Organization was poised on Thursday to declare that the new H1N1 virus has caused the first influenza...
WHO Official Says World Edging Towards Flu Pandemic June 3, 2009 By Laura MacInnis and Stephanie Nebehay The spread of H1N1 flu in Australia, Britain, Chile, Japan and Spain has nudged the world closer to a pandemic,...
WHO Raises Flu Threat Level, Warns Pandemic Imminent April 30, 2009 By Laura MacInnis and Stephanie Nebehay The World Health Organization said Wednesday the world is at the brink of a pandemic, raising its threat level as...