pandemic
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Controversial WHO Pandemic Treaty Fails, but Future Plans Are in Motion
World Health Organization (WHO) leaders say they were unable to reach an agreement for a controversial pandemic-related treaty that would increase the organization’s emergency powers in case of another international health crisis. Critics have warned the pandemic treaty would undermine U.S. sovereignty on important health decisions. The failure to gain approval for the measure comes
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Bird Flu Crisis Hits Amid WHO’s Pandemic Treaty Negotiations
Health officials are issuing very ominous warnings about the potential for an H5N1 pandemic among humans at the same time that the WHO is preparing for a vote on the global pandemic treaty at the 77th World Health Assembly at the end of this month. The global pandemic treaty will give the World Health Organization
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‘Disease X’: International Pandemic Treaty Would Fund Abortions and Curtail Freedoms, Critics Say
World Health Organization leaders are warning about “Disease X,” the temporary name for the next pathogen that will ravage the globe in the future. WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said last month that another global pandemic, possibly much deadlier than COVID, could be here sooner than we think. With that backdrop, he’s urging member countries to
