Measles deaths have dropped by 88 per cent since 2000 – yet an estimated 95,000 people, mostly children, still died from the virus last year, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.

Chinese health officials said Thursday that they have not detected any "unusual or novel diseases" regarding an increase in respiratory illnesses and pneumonia in children, according to the World ...

The World Health Organization announced a public comment period for a new treaty aimed at better tackling future pandemics, but critics say the process, which has now ended, has so far been too short ...

The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a ...

As the world emerged from a global pandemic, the World Health Organization began drafting a legal agreement to respond to future pandemics. Since then, the document has been a target of misinformation ...

Alcohol sold in the European Union should carry a warning on the link between alcohol consumption and cancer, the European region of the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement released ...

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For five years, Donald Trump has blamed an arm of the United Nations for fueling the coronavirus pandemic that helped end his ...

All of us Iowans want to preserve the lives and health of ourselves and our families. President Trump is withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. This increases our risk from severe ...