World Health Organisation

The WHO’s bizarre war on e-cigarettes

31 July 2021 9:00 am

The WHO’s fervent campaign against e-cigarettes

WHO knows? We still can't be sure of Covid's origins

3 April 2021 9:00 am

We still can’t be sure where the virus originated

Europe's 'second wave' has fizzled out

4 September 2020 10:19 pm

Has the Covid ‘second wave’ already run out of steam? On 9 July, just when Britain was reopening the hospitality…

Taiwan's balancing act is becoming ever more precarious

22 May 2020 10:44 pm

After a landslide victory in January’s election, Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen was re-inaugurated on Wednesday at a scaled-down ceremony in…

Trump has a point – the WHO has failed

18 April 2020 9:00 am

The United States has long regarded itself as better prepared for a pandemic than any other country in the world,…

The war on e-cigarettes is enough to make me give up giving up

6 September 2014 9:00 am

I have been, on and off, a lifelong smoker; but I gave up in January 2009 on the day of…