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While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Sept 10, 2026

A plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landing in Gardermoen, Norway, on Sept 8. Zelensky’s plane was almost hit by a drone when taking off from Moldova, said Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.

Ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s daughter resigns as WHO regional head after fraud allegations

Saima Wazed (left), who has resigned as WHO’s South-east Asia regional director, is the daughter of ousted Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Singapore-based research network appointed WHO collaborating centre for clinical trials

Mo Yin, director of Advancing Clinical Evidence in Infectious Diseases, speaking at a ceremony officially announcing the WHO appointment on Aug 31.

WHO says Congo Ebola outbreak can still be brought under control within three months

WHO said earlier in August that reversing Ebola’s spread would be possible within a three-month period, but since then there have been signs that it has worsened.

WHO defends immunisation schedules after Trump orders fewer childhood shots

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines.

WHO pleads for more support to tackle Ebola outbreak

There have been 3,802 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 1,707 deaths.

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo ‘intensifying’: WHO

The outbreak is now the largest recorded Ebola virus disease outbreak in the country, said the WHO.

‘Walking Ebola’ helps explain why Congo’s outbreak is so hard to stop – and how to treat it

Deaths have almost doubled in July and more than 90 per cent of confirmed fatalities are occurring before patients reach treatment centres.

Up to 45% of dementia risk can be prevented, delayed: WHO

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UN warns of cracks in global immunisation system

An estimated 13.5 million so-called zero-dose children did not receive a single shot in their first year during 2025.

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