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The U.N. says the Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan

Israeli prime minister speaks after Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for ballistic missile attack that reached central Israel for the first time

Health agency reports 107 deaths and 3,160 new cases over the last week, says toll ‘not acceptable’.

Unrwa says attack on school sheltering refugees in Nuseirat led to highest death toll among its staff in a single incident

Learn about the alarming rise in mpox-related deaths in Africa, prompting urgent action and global response to contain the outbreak.

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…