The Latest Breaking News from WHO

Israeli airstrikes have hit central and southern Gaza overnight, killing at least 14 people as the friends and family members of a Turkish-American activist killed by an Israeli soldier prepared for her funeral

The World Health Organization says it has granted its first authorization for use of a vaccine against mpox in adults, calling it an important step toward fighting against the disease in Africa and beyond

The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded more than 100 mpox-related deaths in a week, a toll the agency's director-general described as “not acceptable.”

WHO warns of health crisis in Ukraine due to Russian attacks, impacting healthcare and infrastructure. Urgent global response needed to address the situation.

The World Health Organization has issued a stark warning about a potential health crisis in Ukraine as the country faces its third winter of war

An epidemic of mpox in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is spreading quickly, particularly among young children. At least 20,000 people are known to be infected in the country, and more than 600 people have died, more than two thirds of them children. Cases have begun to appear…

African countries produce less than 2 percent of the vaccines the continent needs, experts say.

Sitting by their ruined home, Abu Ibrahim wept for his son and seven grandchildren killed by flash floods in Yemen, where increasingly severe downpours are piling more misery on the impoverished, war-torn country.

Bill Gates, the cofounder of Microsoft, says he is kept up at night by the threat of a world war or another pandemic.