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An embryologist works on a petri dish at the Create Health fertility clinic in south London, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2013. Britain's fertility regulator said the first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people have been born, in an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

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1st babies born in Britain using DNA from 3 people
By MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer
Wed,05/10/23-5:58AM , 243 Reads
LONDON (AP) — Britain's fertility regulator on Wednesday confirmed the births of the U.K.'s first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people, an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases.
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Commuters wearing face masks ride bicycles along a street in the central business district in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, May 5, 2023, saying it no longer qualifies as a global emergency. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?
By MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer
Fri,05/05/23-12:14PM , 372 Reads
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, saying it no longer qualifies as a global emergency.
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This image shows part of an election-style campaign brochure produced by the World Health Organization in September 2022, to promote Fijian Dr. Temo Waqanivalu to become WHO’s top official in the western Pacific. Internal documents obtained by the Associated Press show the World Health Organization knew of past sexual misconduct charges against a doctor who was accused of harassing a woman in the fall. (AP Photo)

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AP: WHO knew of past sex misconduct claim against doctor
By MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer
Wed,01/11/23-1:27AM , 520 Reads
LONDON (AP) — When a doctor tweeted that she was “sexually assaulted” by a World Health Organization staffer at a Berlin conference in October, the U.N. agency’s director-general assured her that WHO had “zero tolerance” for such misconduct.
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Dr. Akjemal Magtymova, the World Health Organization's representative in Syria, speaks during an interview at her office in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Staffers at the WHO’s Syrian office have alleged that their boss mismanaged millions of dollars, plied government officials with gifts -- including computers, gold coins and cars -- and acted frivolously as COVID-19 swept the country. (AP Photo)

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WHO head in Middle East 'disturbed' by abuse reported by AP
By MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer
Mon,10/24/22-3:00AM , 387 Reads
LONDON (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean region told staff in an email that he is “very disturbed” by allegations reported by The Associated Press that the U.N.
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