With most of world yet to receive a single COVID shot, officials call on vaccine makers and countries with high inoculation rates to show more social solidarity

UN health body stresses benefits still outweigh risks, notes condition 'very rare' and mostly mild

Some 3 million people worldwide miss tuberculosis diagnosis every year, often because tests unavailable; Haifa-made skin sticker will help, scientists say

World Health Organization says it is helping 200,000 Gazans amid 'staggering needs,' with 30 clinics damaged in the fighting; calls for unhindered humanitarian access

Global body says naming coronavirus strains after geographic origins is 'stigmatizing;' UK variant to be known as Alpha, South African Beta, Brazilian Gamma, and Indian Delta

Protesters slam decision to put Assad regime on executive panel of UN body, noting his army's bombing of hospitals and clinics

UN body's 'cynical politicization' slammed after approving lone region-specific resolution on West Bank, Gaza and Golan in its annual session

US president asks intel officials to 'redouble' efforts to find source of virus, says world must 'press China to participate in a full, transparent, evidence-based' probe

Global health body says money will pay for 'comprehensive emergency response' in Gaza and West Bank, where hospitals are overwhelmed by wounded and ongoing COVID outbreak

At start of pandemic there was concern over potential effects of anti-inflammatory drugs on illness; most extensive research yet appears to rule out any issues