CDC staff ordered to cut off communication with WHO

Staff across the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered Monday to cut off all communications with the World Health Organization, multiple federal health officials confirmed to CBS News, to comply with President Trump’s executive order last week.  Beyond calling for the U.S. to begin the yearlong process to formally withdraw from funding the … Read more

‘This horror must end’: WHO condemns Israeli assault on key Gaza hospital | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The World Health Organization has condemned Israel’s storming of a vital hospital in northern Gaza, saying assaults on medical facilities are a “death sentence” for thousands of Palestinians and that “this horror must end”. An Israeli military assault on the Kamal Adwan Hospital on Friday put the last major health facility in northern Gaza out … Read more

These were the best and worst places for air quality in 2021, new report shows

CNN  —  Air pollution spiked to unhealthy levels around the world in 2021, according to a new report. The report by IQAir, a company that tracks global air quality, found that average annual air pollution in every country — and 97% of cities — exceeded the World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines, which were designed … Read more