The Latest Breaking News from World Health Organisation

Iraq’s worst-ever detected outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is causes people to bleed to death as officials struggle to contain the virus

Fresh guidance released on Monday, May 30, by health chiefs warns patients to stop having sex while infected and to use condoms for eight weeks after virus

Medics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) are confident the virus will not cause a pandemic, but are considering whether it should be categorised as a "potential public health emergency of international concern"

Officials have said that countries should be on alert for signals of the virus.

World Health Organisation pandemic chief Sylvie Briand said the current monkeypox outbreak could be the "peak of the iceberg" as non-endemic countries report cases

Outside of Africa there are now 237 confirmed cases of monkeypox, 80 of them in the UK, and the World Health Organization has asked world leaders to "increase the surveillance" of the disease to "understand where it's going"

The World Health Organisation said Friday that countries can still contain the monkeypox outbreak if they act quickly enough.

The World Health Organisation says COVID-19 infections are increasing only in the western Pacific and the Americas.

French health authorities said Monday that three cases of monkeypox have been identified in the country as part of an alarming outbreak of the virus outside of Africa. However, the World Health Organisation said there is no reason for now to offer mass inoculations, but instead, urges hygiene measures to…

Scientists say people should avoid snacking and move around more to cut their risk.

While the monkeypox outbreak is unusual, it remains “containable” and limited, the WHO says, and it is convening further meetings.