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Countries are trying to finalise a global agreement on how to prepare for and avert pandemics by Friday evening, after two years of negotiations triggered by the horrors of Covid-19.

The goal is to have a treaty to present at a major World Health Organization meeting next week. But the countries of the Global South and the Global North aren't exactly seeing eye to eye.

Avian flu virus in cattle highlights urgent need for ramped up efforts to prevent spillover of viruses from animals to people

Avian flu virus in cattle highlights urgent need for ramped up efforts to prevent spillover of viruses from animals to people

Exactly after four years of the Covid-19 hit the globe, WHO is ready with a draft negotiating text of the Pandemic Agreement with prevention, preparedness and response as its purpose. An...

World Health Organisation member states are struggling to agree the terms of the first global treaty to deal with the threat of another Covid-19. In March,...

The proposed Pandemic Agreement must ensure that COVID-19 vaccine nationalism is never repeated; 290 scientists call for action. The proposed Pandemic Agreement must ensure that COVID-19 vaccine nationalism is never repeated; 290 scientists call for action.

Much of the world is experiencing extreme heat, with temperature records being broken on several continents but little western news coverage.

The lead negotiator representing the United States in discussions on a global pandemic accord said in a statement ...

Many believe draft unlikely to survive in current form due to Big Pharma, particularly in EU