On March 20, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world's first pandemic agreement after three years of ...

NPR interviews Maria Van Kherkove, the infectious disease epidemiologist who is a leader in the World Health Organization.

Updates from the 78th World Health Assembly. Plus, the new nominee for WHO regional director for Africa, and why not everyone is happy about the new pandemic treaty.

The Conversation asked Nicole Hassoun, a professor at Binghamton University and executive director of Global Health Impact, to explain the pandemic accord, its prospects for advancing global health, ...

For this special episode for our weekly podcast series recorded live at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Devex Senior Editor Rumbi Chakamba sits down with former New Zealand Prime Minster Helen ...

The World Health Organization adopted a pandemic preparedness treaty, but the absence of the U.S. questions its efficacy. Texas reports a rise in measles cases, and digital health startup Hinge Health ...

Member States have formally adopted the world’s first Pandemic Agreement at the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.The Agreement is a legally binding deal in which countries agree to a ...

T he Pandemic Agreement, just adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a landmark for global public health. Had ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his country will not participate in a pandemic agreement among World Health Organization members to improve the response to future pandemics. He also ...

Although the US has cut all ties with the WHO—and reportedly still owes the agency $260 million in 2024–2025 dues—US health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an unexpected ...

The World Health Assembly has approved a landmark agreement aimed at strengthening global preparedness and response to future ...

At the World Health Assembly, 193 members nations voted to adopt a treat calling for better preventive measures and global ...