World Hepatitis Day is marked each year on July 28. Last year, WHO's Global Hepatitis Report 2024 made clear the enormous burden of viral hepatitis: more than 2 million people are newly infected with ...

Ivermectin administered to the whole population significantly reduces malaria transmission, offering new hope in the fight ...

Ten Palestinians died due to famine and malnutrition over the past 24 hours, according to a statement from the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health on Wednesday. More than 70 children have died from ...

Chikungunya, for which there is no specific treatment, can cause rapid and large outbreaks as the mosquitoes bite in the ...

The World Health Organization issued an urgent call for action on Tuesday to prevent a repeat of an epidemic of the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed how ill-prepared the world was to detect and respond to global health threats. With over 7·1 million lives lost,1 more than US$4·7 trillion in economic damage,2 profound ...

In a decisive move, the Biden administration’s successors formally rejected the 2024 amendments to the World Health ...

The world is facing an interconnected health crisis: zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance, environmental degradation, and ...

The decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted a resolution to establish a global framework to support the diagnosis and management of rare diseases and promote ...

World Health Organization (WHO) member countries adopted a new treaty on May 20, 2025, to improve international coordination and cooperation on the prevention of, preparation for, and response to ...

The first Pandemic Agreement in the world was formally adopted by consensus by the Member States of the World Health Organization, WHO on May 20, 2025.

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 ...