Los Angeles Times

U.N. health agency to remove controversial opioid guidelines

The World Health Organization notified U.S. lawmakers Wednesday that it will discontinue two publications on prescribing opioid painkillers in response to allegations that the pharmaceutical industry ...
The Boston Globe

WHO rescinds opioid guidelines following criticism by Katherine Clark

The World Health Organization has rescinded its opioid-prescribing guidelines after a congressional report accused the agency of being corrupted by the powerful drugmaker Purdue Pharma. The May report ...
StamfordAdvocate

Congressional scrutiny as Purdue Pharma accused of using WHO to spread opioid crisis

STAMFORD — Purdue Pharma faces another round of criticism, with a new Congressional report that accuses the OxyContin maker of unduly swaying the World Health Organization to help deceptively market ...
Reuters

New WHO guidelines urge phase-out of major HIV drug

GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries should phase out the use of stavudine, the most common AIDS drug, because of "long-term, irreversible" side effects in HIV patients including wasting and a nerve disorder, ...