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Negotiations on a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics ended Friday without a deal — though countries said they wanted to keep pushing for an accord.

Namely, the document states that the coronavirus "leaked" from the Institute of Virology in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
China has vehemently denied the allegations, and Scott Gottlieb, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration, recently added additional fuel to the fire.

This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, what WHO is doing to fight the tobacco epidemic, and what people around the world can do to claim their right to health and healthy living and to protect future generations.

As the World Health Assembly (WHA) is set to convene on May 18, prominent personalities from across the globe urged world powers to pledge a free "COVID-19 vaccine for all" when available.

World Health Day is the global observance of health as a human right. From healthcare professionals to policymakers and individuals, families with young children or elderly, we all have a role to play in our personal health and the wellbeing of those around us.

Turkey's confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 972 in the past 24 hours, and 23 more people have died, taking the death toll to 4,222, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on May 20.

Turkey's total confirmed cases stood at 152,587, according to the graphic Koca shared at Twitter. 

Some 1,092 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, Koca added.

Too much passion for video games will be officially recognised as a mental disorder. The World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted a revised International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11), which includes a "game disorder that is considered a painful addiction," for the first time, TechNews.bg writes.