Global pandemic treaty negotiators are hashing out cooperation plans this week and considering rushing the process out of fear that the Trump administration would pull the U.S. out of negotiations.

Six years ago, the Director-General of the World Health Organization sounded the highest global alarm available under international law at the time, declaring the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease ...

In 2025, it often felt as if the world was tearing itself apart. Then, on 16 April at around 2 a.m. local time in Geneva, Switzerland, came a glimpse of unity. The 190-odd nations belonging to the ...

A global agreement aimed at preparing for and responding to future pandemics is expected to be adopted May 20 at the annual meeting of the World Health Assembly, the main decision-making body of the ...

Over the past two days, WHO convened more than 15 countries and over 20 regional health agencies, health emergency networks and other partners to test, for the first time, a new global coordination ...

Ben Johnson is senior reporter and editor at The Washington Stand. After three years of negotiations, delegates to the World Health Organization’s annual meeting have adopted a global pandemic ...