Tag: World Health Organization
Latest Science on Origins of SARS-CoV-2
Science continues to support a much higher likelihood of of a natural origin for SARS-CoV-2 than a "lab leak."
The World Health Organization on Traditional Medicine
The World Health Organization updated their guidelines on "traditional medicine." Unfortunately, as has been the case in the past the WHO tends to be far too credulous about unproven and disproven treatments.
The World Health Organization promotes quackery yet again
The World Health Organization held the First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit this weekend. Unfortunately, its claims of being "evidence-based" aside, the conference followed the WHO's usual pattern of serving as propaganda, not science. The summit was one-sided, organized by believers with the only speakers being believers, to promote a predetermined policy goal of promoting traditional medicine and justify "integrating" it with...
WHO Declares COVID Emergency Over
While the COVID health emergency is over, COVID itself is not, and we need to have an eye on the next potential pandemic.
The Return of Polio
Once again we lose the chance to eradicate polio, but the goal still remains relatively close.
A Malaria Vaccine for Children: A Historic Achievement that will Save Countless Lives
WHO has officially recommended the first ever vaccine against a parasite, in this case malaria, and it will save thousands of kids' lives every year.
The Origins of SARS-CoV-2
The joint WHO-China investigation report concludes that a lab origin for COVID-19 is "extremely unlikely" but doubts remain.
Ebola: Science Is Making Progress
Good news! Research on Ebola has identified a 100% effective vaccine and medications that produce a 90% survival rate.
WHO Promotes Unscientific TCM
The World Health Organization endorses quackery in the form of TCM.
Canada Is Sending Homeopaths to Honduras
The Canadian government is sending homeopaths to Honduras as part of an aid program. They dropped the ball on this one, and should just admit error and correct it, but they are doubling-down instead.