World Health Organization Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, M23 rebellion and Major Advance

U.N. chief warns of rebel advances in Democratic Republic of Congo

Advances being made by the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo are "heightening the threat of a regional war," according to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Thousands Uprooted as Congo M23 Rebels Near Goma in Major Advance

Civilians carry their belongings as they flee from the Nzulo camp for the internally displaced to Goma, as fighting intensifies between the M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC),

Bloomberg L.P. · 1h

How Rebel Advances in Congo Threaten War With Rwanda

The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been gripped by years of conflict that have displaced millions of people. The start of 2025 marked an escalation of the violence as rebels aligned with Rwanda closed in on a key Congolese trading hub,

Donald Trump, World Health Organization

Opinion

The Washington Post · 1d

Trump’s withdrawal from the WHO is a mistake — but also an opportunity

He could turn his rash action into a negotiation that might strengthen global health.

USA Today · 2d

Here's why President Trump wants the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would begin the process of removing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. Here's why.

Yahoo · 10h

As climate change supercharges disease, Trump pulls US from World Health Organization

The pair of mandates will effectively silo U.S. public health agencies from their international counterparts and sever the American public, health providers, and research hubs from information about infectious diseases,

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What a U.S. exit from the WHO means for global health

By withdrawing from the World Health Organization and overhauling aid, Trump's new executive orders endanger Americans and ...

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World Health Organization submits findings on the Congo's "Disease X"

Geneva, Switzerland - International health ... of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which had been dubbed "Disease X," is entirely due to known pathogens. The Geneva-based World Health ...

STAT3d

The U.S. should reform the WHO, not leave it

By exiting the WHO and pulling funding, the U.S. would lose any leverage to enact those reforms,” writes Ashish K. Jha.

MIT Technology Review1d

This is what might happen if the US withdraws from the WHO

WHO funds are spent on a range of global health projects—programs to eradicate polio, rapidly respond to health emergencies, improve access to vaccines and medicines, develop pandemic prevention ...

MercoPress8h

Africa again on alert as mpox cases on the rise, including 38 deaths

The African Union's (AU) public health agency released an advisory Thursday noting that 5,842 cases of mpox (formerly known ...

Covering an Mpox Outbreak in Congo: Mile After Mile of Muck

A reporter made a long journey, much of it spent fighting through mud on a motorbike, to reach the epicenter of a viral outbreak in Africa.

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