WHO Declares HMPV Outbreak in China a Global Health Emergency
Are we looking at the early stages of what will become yet another declaration of a global pandemic? The World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared that an outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China is a global health emergency. At a press conference in Geneva on Jan. 2, 2025, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus announced […]
How Did the Corruption of Public Health Happen?
International public health is a mess. Once seen generally as a public good, the focus of the World Health Organization (WHO) now more closely resembles a scheme for extracting private profit from the public purse. Wealthy corporations drive a ‘public-private partnership’ agenda, the foundations of the rich determine global priorities, and a propagandized public are […]