The Latest Breaking News from World Health Organization

It has been called an invisible epidemic. Every year, around 300,000 people in Europe die prematurely because of air pollution, according to the European Environment Agency. Those of us living in cities are particularly exposed to unsafe levels of fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide. The EU is trying to…

WHO chief urges countries to expedite finalizing a global pandemic accord for enhanced global health security and response readiness.

According to a World Health Organization study published by The Lancet medical journal, obesity has increased alarmingly in low and middle income countries, particularly in Africa. World Obesity Day, held on 4 March, aims to raise awareness around what the WHO describes as an "epidemic".

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is concerned by the rapid spread of measles, with more than 306,000 cases reported worldwide last year – a 79-percent increase from 2022.

The World Health Organization has just released the latest worldwide statistics of the global burden of cancer. Here are five takeaways from WHO's top expert on cancer.

The rise of the JN.1 variant indicates it might be more infectious or more adept at bypassing our immune defence compared to other variants according to the US Centre of Disease Control (CDC). Health authorities such as the Union Health Ministry of India, World Health Organization (WHO), and the US…

Because most people have some immunity to COVID, “we don’t necessarily know how often we’re getting infected,” a WHO spokesperson said.

Revised Schedule M of Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 notified by Union Health Ministry to ensure robust quality control for pharma and biopharmaceutical products.

In 2023, six nations were able to eliminate virtually all cases of at least one of the illnesses on the World Health Organization's priority list of "neglected tropical diseases."