The Latest Breaking News from the World Health Organization

In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases — a global, standard-setting guideline for how institutions should understand and organize health information. In it was a new diagnostic category for symptoms and signs of disease: “old age.”

The modern food supply offers a wide range of convenient and delicious options. However, some of these foods come with a very high and a very well-documented health risk. Major global health organizations, like the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) and the American Heart Association (AHA), have issued strong warnings about…

Sudan's paramilitary force has attacked the city of el-Obeid, killing at least 40 civilians

The World Health Organization reports that gunmen who reportedly killed at least 460 people at a hospital in Sudan's Darfur region returned three times to the facility during their assault

Aid workers are concerned that only a few people fleeing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan's Darfur region have reached safety

Vaccine production must be expanded to combat this ancient disease, especially in Africa, but a lack of political will is holding us back

The World Health Organisation suggests no screen time at all for children below the age of one, and no more than one hour per day for under-fours

Drugs Controller General of India says inspections reveal many companies were not testing every batch of raw materials and finished products

The World Health Organization says an Ebola outbreak in southern Congo is starting to be contained

Misinformation plagued the first rollout of a vaccine to protect Pakistani girls against cervical cancer, with parents slamming their doors on healthcare workers and some schools shutting for days over false claims it causes infertility.

Neither the painkiller Tylenol nor vaccines have been shown to cause autism, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, following comments from the US president and his administration to the contrary.