What do we know about long COVID?
Most people who develop COVID-19 fully recover, but current data collected by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests approximately 10%-20% of people experience a variety of...
The COVID-19 pandemic is nowhere near over (WHO)
The COVID-19 pandemic remains "a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)", said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO) during...
UNICEF: When the world fails to educate its children, we all...
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, 23 countries – home to around 405 million schoolchildren – are yet to fully open schools,...
It would be a grave mistake to think the pandemic is...
Two years after the start of this unprecedented health crisis, it would be a grave mistake to think the pandemic is over, United Nations...
UNEP establishes Copenhagen Climate Centre
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today, 15 February, announced that its long-standing collaborating centre in Denmark will be renamed the UNEP Copenhagen Climate...
COVID-19: How the Omicron variant affects Europe?
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is now present in 128 countries and is expected to affect more than 50% of the population in the...
COVID-19, children and vaccines: Dr Sorel answers your questions
Dr Océane Sorel, a French specialist in virology and immunology, answers your questions about COVID-19, vaccines and children aged 5 to 11 years old.
Dr...
WHO: 50% of the population in Europe could be infected by...
The World Health Organization (WHO) says health systems in many countries have come under "intense pressure" from the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Over 50%...
WHO: Mandatory vaccinations are a last resort
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns against mandatory vaccinations unless all other options have been exhausted.
Dr Hans Kluge, the Europe Director of WHO told...
COVID-19: What is the Omicron variant?
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the new Omicron (or B.1.1.529) variant of the coronavirus, reported on November 24 in South Africa, to...
COVID-19: Europe and Central Asia, epicentre of new rise
About 22 months since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, and almost a year since the first vaccines were approved, reported cases and deaths from the...
The Antidote COVID-19 teaches players how to stay safe
Just as the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to sweep through the world, Antidote Laboratories receives a strange package. You are assigned to study it...
Sustainability and social inclusion on the menu in Brussels restaurant
In Brussels, an innovative restaurant is combining sustainable gastronomy with a project of social inclusion. ‘65 degrés’, named after the temperature at which "perfect...
COVID-19, pregnancy and vaccine: answers to your questions
A specialist in virology and immunology , Dr. Océane Sorel has joined the United Nations' "Team Halo", which brings together doctors, scientists, researchers, all...
COVID-19: What is the Mu variant?
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is closely monitoring a new variant of COVID-19 called "Mu," reported earlier this year in South America...