On March 20, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world's first pandemic agreement after three years of "intensive negotiations." The United States did not participate.

The treaty’s formal approval at the annual meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) came after some late-breaking tension on Monday, when Slovakia challenged the treaty’s adoption by calling for ...

What will the pandemic agreement do ... the best way to protect public health moving forward is for countries to sign on to the agreement and devote more resources to global health initiatives.