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FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 file photo, Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies program, speaks during a news conference at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. At right is WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. As WHO faces allegations that unnamed staffers were involved in the systemic sexual abuse of women, Tedros has declared he was “outraged,” and Ryan said, “We have no more information than you have.” But an AP investigation has found that senior WHO management was not only informed of specific cases of alleged sexual misconduct in 2019, but was asked how to handle them. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
Panel suggests WHO should have more power to stop pandemics

By Maria Cheng And Jamey Keaten May. 12, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

Ji Fraser, left, and Matiu Walters, of New Zealand band Six60, perform at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, April 24, 2021. Six60 is being billed as the biggest live act in the world since the coronavirus pandemic struck after New Zealand stamped out the spread of the virus, allowing life to return to normal. On Saturday, the band played a remarkable finale to their latest tour, performing in front of 50,000 people at the first-ever concert at Auckland's Eden Park.(AP Photo/David Rowland)
The world isolates. A New Zealand band plays to 50,000 fans

By Nick Perry Apr. 24, 2021 11:22 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 file photo, hospital staff wash the emergency entrance of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, where some infected with a new virus are being treated, in Wuhan, China. A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier and questioned whether the U.N. health agency should have labeled it a pandemic sooner. (AP Photo/Dake Kang, File)
Panel: China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop pandemic

By Maria Cheng And Jamey Keaten Jan. 19, 2021 04:45 AM EST

Dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
The Latest: COVID-19 vaccine begins arriving in Canada

The Associated Press Dec. 13, 2020 01:53 AM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2020, file photo, a worker wearing gloves, and other PPE holds a tablet computer as he waits to check people at a King County coronavirus testing site in Auburn, Wash., south of Seattle. The latest surge in U.S. coronavirus cases appears to be larger and more widespread than the two previous ones, and it is all but certain to get worse. But experts say there are also reasons to think the nation is better able to deal with the virus than before, with the availability of better treatments, wider testing and perhaps greater political will. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
US: WHO not sharing enough info about China virus probe

By Jamey Keaten And Maria Cheng Nov. 10, 2020 11:58 AM EST

A cyclist rides past a sign in support of making marijuana legal in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. New Zealanders are poised to decide on two crucial social issues during an election on Saturday, Oct. 17, whether to legalize recreational marijuana and whether to legalize euthanasia. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
New Zealand to vote on legalizing marijuana and euthanasia

By Nick Perry Oct. 15, 2020 11:44 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 30, 2020, file photo, New Zealand opposition National Party leader Judith Collins arrives at a salmon factory in Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealand has suffered a steep economic downturn due to the virus and is borrowing billions of dollars to try and stem job losses and rebuild. National is promising to increase infrastructure spending. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
New Zealand election: Ardern vs. conservative challenger

By Nick Perry Oct. 15, 2020 01:21 AM EDT

A man wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks across a pedestrian crosswalk in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Asia Today: India adds another 83K, nears 2nd most in world

Sep. 03, 2020 10:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, June 11, 2009 file photo, the logo of the World Health Organization is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization to review the U.N. health agency’s coordination of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic said on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 it would have full access to any internal U.N. agency documents, materials and emails necessary as the group begins their probe. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, file)
Members named to panel probing WHO's pandemic response

By Maria Cheng Sep. 03, 2020 09:57 AM EDT

WHO chief taps ex-leaders to head COVID-19 response panel

Jul. 09, 2020 08:36 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Thursday that former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former New Zealand Prime...

225 VIPs urge world powers to adopt $2.5 trillion COVID plan

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 01, 2020 11:13 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 225 current and former global VIPs urged the world’s 20 major economic powers on Monday to hold an urgent meeting to agree to a...