LIVE NOW: WHO Holds News Conference on Global Health Issues, Including Middle East

Published on October 3, 2024

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and experts hold a news conference on global health issues, with an expected focus on the situation in the Middle East, in Geneva at 9:30 a.m. ET on Oct. 3. ...

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