Commentary It’s often said that no right is absolute. But according to the World Health Organization (WHO), that maxim doesn’t apply to abortion. Its newly published “Abortion Care Guideline” is the most radically pro-abortion official document ever published (pdf). Indeed, in recommending abortion public policies for all the world’s nations to adopt, the WHO not…
Australia’s Federal Pandemic Measures Declaration to End in April
Australia’s COVID-19 human biosecurity emergency pandemic measures declaration will end when it lapses on April 17 and not be renewed, the country’s federal health minister announced on March 25. “I am taking this decision now so as to provide forward guidance based on the advice of Professor Paul Kelly, the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer,” federal…
Canada’s International Development Minister Urges WHO to Approve Medicago Vaccine
International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says he wants the World Health Organization to greenlight Medicago’s COVID-19 shot so it can be donated and used by the COVAX vaccine-sharing alliance. But he says Canada’s ability to get more doses out the door to lower-income countries depends mostly on getting reassurance they can and will be used…
WHO May Reject Canadian-Made Medicago COVID-19 Vaccine Because of Ties to Big Tobacco
The World Health Organization says it is expecting to reject the COVID-19 vaccine candidate from Canada’s Medicago because of the company’s ties to big tobacco. The Medicago Covifenz vaccine was authorized in Canada last month. Dr. Mariângela Simão, WHO’s assistant director general for drug access, vaccines and pharmaceuticals, says the application for Covifenz to get…
‘Reality Is What I Say It Is’
“We sit squarely in the middle of an absurdist drama,” says Walter Kirn. In this episode of American Thought Leaders, host Jan Jekielek and author and journalist Walter Kirn discuss lockdowns, mandates, and the frightening possibility of a union between Orwellian tyranny and the soft totalitarianism of Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” Jan Jekielek: People keep…
Baby Formula Makers Still Breaking Global Marketing Rules: Report
February 23, 2022
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LONDON—Almost all parents and pregnant women in China, Vietnam, and the UK are exposed to “aggressive” formula milk marketing campaigns that breach global rules set up after scandals more than 40 years ago, according to a new report. The marketing techniques can push women away from breastfeeding and include everything from giving free samples, to…
WHO: Global COVID-19 Case Counts Decline 17 Percent in Latest Week
GENEVA—The World Health Organization says coronavirus case counts fell 17 percent worldwide over the last week compared to the previous week, including a 50 percent drop in the United States, while deaths globally declined 7 percent. The weekly epidemiological report from the U.N. health agency, released late Tuesday, shows that the omicron variant is increasingly…
Repeated COVID-19 Booster Shots Is Not a Viable Strategy: Doherty Director
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WHO: ‘No Indication’ New Omicron Variant More Severe Than Original
Officials with the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said there is no indication that the COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2 is more severe than Omicron’s original strain. “There’s no indication that there’s a change in severity,” Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, said during a news briefing on…
WHO Says Pandemic Not Over Yet, Omicron Won’t Be Last ‘Variant of Concern’
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over as new variants of the novel coronavirus are likely to emerge given current high levels of transmission, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Tuesday. The Omicron variant, which is highly transmissible, is unlikely to be the last strain of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, as the…
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