Eileen Yam and Giancarlo Pasquini contributed to this chapter. Five years after the pandemic began, Americans largely see ...

BOISE — Idaho lawmakers have again advanced a bill that would ban government entities from issuing mask mandates.

BOISE — Idaho lawmakers have again advanced a bill which would ban government entities from issuing mask mandates.

Nearly the entire world is exposed to air at some point that doesn't meet the strict standards set by the World Health ...

Polluted air, laden noxious gasses or tiny, invisible particles that burrow into human bodies, kills 7 million people ...

Most of the world's population is exposed to polluted air, and for those living in cities with chronically bad air, the smog ...

BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s president has ordered the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to “profound differences” with the U.N. agency, a presidential spokesperson said ...

Investopedia / Ryan Oakley The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international institution that oversees the rules for global trade among nations. It was created in 1995, superseding the 1947 ...

according to the World Health Organization. Social distancing, wearing masks and introducing COVID-19 vaccines led the WHO to declare on May 5, 2023, that the virus was no longer a global health ...

The World Health Organization (WHO ... Did China's hoarding of masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) drive up costs and endanger residents? China, which before the pandemic supplied ...

In 2020, World Health Organization officials declared the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak -- later to be dubbed COVID-19 -- a public health emergency of international concern. In 2024, former ...