Health
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Climate Crisis Is a Health Crisis, WHO Chief Says
The WHO said Wednesday that it was time for formal negotiations on health at the COP climate summits, saying the…
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WHO: Tobacco Still Causes More Than Half a Million Deaths Yearly in Europe
Twenty years after the European Union ratified the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, a new WHO/Europe…
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Mpox Continues to Spread in 17 African Countries (WHO)
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported in a situation update on the continent’s health status, published Friday, that the Mpox…
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‘Rapid Increase’ in Bird Flu in Germany: Minister
Bird flu is spreading quickly across Germany, authorities warned Friday, with birds on farms and in the wild both affected…
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Over 1,700 Dead as Cholera Sweeps Across DR Congo, Health System Near Collapse
The organization Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) has confirmed the continued spread of cholera in the Democratic Republic of…
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Netherlands Confirms First Case of New, More Contagious Mpox Variant
The Netherlands has confirmed its first case of a new, more contagious variant of the Mpox virus, Health, Welfare and…
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WHO warns of surging levels of antibiotic resistance
One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections are resistant to antibiotic treatments, the World Health Organization said on Monday, calling for…
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A Third of Europe’s Doctors, Nurses Suffer Depression: WHO
One in three doctors and nurses in Europe report suffering from depression or anxiety, a study published Friday by the…
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Immune system breakthrough wins Nobel medicine prize for US, Japan scientists
American scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or…
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Nigeria: Lassa Fever Death Toll Reaches 166
The death toll from Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak has risen to 166 since the start of the year, health authorities…
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