The World Health Organization, WHO, has declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, a global health emergency. The WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus made the announcement at a press conference in Geneva.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization teamed up to publish a new report detailing and ranking the most viral foodborne illnesses. Here are the deadliest ones.
Marking five years since Covid emerged, the WHO says China should share data as "a moral and scientific imperative".
Israeli forces raided northern Gaza's last hospital and detained its director as a purported Hamas suspect. U.N. officials say he must be freed immediately.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has revealed he was inside an airport in the capital of Yemen when Israeli forces launched a deadly strike.
On January 3, 2025, during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) representative for the West Bank and
A new study has found higher levels of certain proteins – associated with various diseases and even death – in people who reported loneliness or social isolation
The Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health said that it is closely monitoring the situation regarding the new outbreak of virus-induced pneumonia in humans in China.
France has identified its first case of the new mpox variant, news agency AFP reported on Monday, citing a statement from the country's health ministry.
The "Nation's Doctor" has called for a cancer warning label on alcoholic beverages and suggests the recommended limits for alcohol consumption should be reassessed
As China continues to monitor an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), here's what you need to know about the illness.