The Latest Breaking News from the World Health Organization

We are sending 1m polio vaccines to Gaza but many people will die from preventable health threats unless we can quickly scale up aid delivery, says the WHO director general

Avian flu is reported to kill more than half the people it infects. The reality is much more complicated

With no available vaccine or cure, the World Health Organization has classified Nipah as a priority pathogen due to its high potential to cause an epidemic.

Millions of Canadians are lonely. This is worrisome because loneliness, defined by the World Health Organization as “the social pain of not feeling connected,” predicts both lower mental and physical health. Research shows that lacking a sense of social connection can pose an equivalent health risk to smoking 15 cigarettes…

War doesn’t just kill people through direct violence. Malnutrition, healthcare shortages and unsanitary conditions inevitably follow

Tirzepatide, which is sold under the brand names Mounjaro and Zepbound – which treat diabetes and weight loss, respectively – leads to more weight loss than semaglutide, new research has shown

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled southern Gaza since Israel issued an evacuation order, amid fears of a new offensive in the area which came under Israeli bombardment on Wednesday.

Air pollution peaks, such as those that have recently occurred in several regions of the world, regularly make headlines. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines air pollution as

The new strain of the mpox virus is spreading quickly along the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and is “the most dangerous yet”, says the World Health Organization. The current outbreak has been driven by sexual transmission but there is evidence this strain can also be passed…

The spread of mpox in Africa needs to be addressed urgently, the World Health Organization has warned, as more deaths were reported from a mutated strain of the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be alert for dengue cases as the tropical disease breaks international records