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According to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of antibacterial agents, including antibiotics, has increased from 80 in 2021 to 97 in 2023. However, the health agency says there is a “pressing need for new, innovative agents for serious infections and to replace those becoming…

Results show increase in symptoms such as wheeziness in presence of high aviation-related ultrafine particles

The international community’s recent failure to conclude a global pandemic agreement leaves large gaps in our capacity to deal with the next major infectious disease emergency.

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More than 97,000 cases and 186 deaths were reported across 117 countries in the first four months of 2024.

Health minister says ‘one death is too many, especially from a preventable and manageable disease’

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments to implement stricter regulations on products that endanger people's health.

World Health Organization chief Tedros says 8,000 children under age five in Gaza diagnosed with acute malnutrition.

Some studies link the popular soda sweetener to higher cancer risk, but the links are weak and questions remain

Climate change creating ‘more favourable conditions’ for invasive mosquitos, say experts

On June 1, in the nail-biting final hours of the annual World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva, states agreed to a robust package of amendments to the World Health Organization’s 2005 International Health Regulations.