MARIA CHENG | The Columbian-Progress

Home

A lab assistant points at charts of a sequenced Covid-19 virus at the Wellcome Sanger Institute that is operated by Genome Research in Cambridge, England, Thursday, March 4, 2021. After dropping most coronavirus restrictions in February 2022, Britain is now ending some COVID-19 testing and monitoring programs, a move some scientists fear will complicate efforts to track the virus and detect worrisome new variants. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

AP
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

UK easing COVID-19 testing, monitoring despite case uptick
By MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer
Wed,03/16/22-5:11AM , 259 Reads
LONDON (AP) — After dropping nearly all coronavirus restrictions last month, Britain is now ending some of its most widespread COVID-19 testing and monitoring programs, a move some scientists fear will complicate efforts to track the virus and detect worrisome new variants.
Click Here to Read More

FILE – World Health Organization Regional Director for Western Pacific Takeshi Kasai addresses the media at the start of the five-day annual session Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, in Manila, Philippines. Current and former staffers have accused Kasai of racist, unethical and abusive behavior that has undermined the U.N. health agency’s efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic. The allegations were laid out in an internal complaint filed in October 2021 and an email in January 2022 sent by unidentified “concerned WHO staff” to senior leadership and the executive board. Kasai denies the charges. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

AP
registered content - login required to view
Click to register / login

Staffers complain of racism, abuse by WHO leader in Asia
By MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer
Thu,01/27/22-1:32AM , 407 Reads
Current and former staffers have accused the top director of the World Health Organization in the Western Pacific of racist, unethical and abusive behavior that has undermined the U.N. health agency’s efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
Click Here to Read More

People wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of coronavirus walk along a street in downtown Barcelona, Spain, July 3, 2021. Some European countries such as Spain are making tentative plans for when they might start treating COVID-19 as an "endemic" disease, but the World Health Organization and other officials have warned that the world is nowhere close to declaring the pandemic over. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu, File)

AP
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

EXPLAINER: What does it mean for COVID-19 to be endemic?
By MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer
Thu,01/20/22-2:20AM , 262 Reads
Some European countries such as Spain are making tentative plans for when they might start treating COVID-19 as an “endemic” disease, but the World Health Organization and other officials have warned that the world is
Click Here to Read More

AP
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?
By MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer
Wed,12/08/21-11:08PM , 196 Reads
How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?

There’s no clear-cut definition for when a pandemic starts and ends, and how much of a threat a global outbreak is posing can vary by country.
Click Here to Read More

Subscribe to MARIA CHENG