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Re:Covid: Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, ... by rsynnott on Friday October 16, 2020 @05:30PM (#24805240)
That is what the WHO used to do, certainly. It does seem to talk more directly to the press these days, and it's honestly probably not a great idea.
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Re:Covid: Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, ... by vharuck on Friday October 16, 2020 @11:11PM (#24807179)
Going by their news releases page, it doesn't seem like even 2020 has more listings than most years:

https://www.who.int/news

I'm now leaning more toward my hypothesis that they haven't changed behavior much, but US reporters are citing them now because the current administration brought them into the story. In the past, reporters probably read the WHO announcements but quoted from CDC same academic experts. Again, WHO info is dry.

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