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Human-induced climate change is significantly increasing the number of hot nights for nearly one in three people around the world, a global analysis said Thursday.

Nearly 27,000 cases of mpox have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with about 1,100 deaths.

The head of the World Health Organization says he will convene an expert group to determine if the increasing spread of the mpox virus in Africa warrants being declared a global emergency

Displaced mothers share how they try to help their children cope with sweltering, unsanitary conditions.

A new Covid-19 variant, KP.3.1.1, is becoming dominant in the US

Nearly a quarter of adolescent girls between the ages of 15 and 19 who have been in a relationship will have suffered intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20. This is one of the findings of the World Health Organization’s first detailed analysis of intimate partner violence among…

Congenital syphilis is preventable, but nonetheless, the disease is on the rise in countries like Australia and the U.S.

A drug-resistant bacterium that causes severe infections has been spreading globally, and it's now in at least 16 countries, the WHO warns.

Two in three Londoners have reported their homes are ‘unbearably hot’ as demand for air conditioning rises