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Drug-resistant bacterial infections are now responsible for roughly 1.27 million deaths every year

Harmful PM2.5 particles surged to 350 on the air quality index, more than three times the reading of a day earlier.

Officials in New Delhi outlawed the sale and use of firecrackers last month ahead of yesterday's Diwali festival - warning that those flouting the ban could be imprisoned for up to six months

Thailand has been formally inducted as a member of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), which will enhance the country's capacity and knowledge in developing and producing vaccines.

World Health Organization identifies priority pathogens of greatest threat to public health as diseases grow resistant to antifungal treatments

A "soup" of COVID variants could make for a challenging winter surge unlike anything we've seen before, experts say

Tainted cough syrups pulled from the shelves after they were linked to dozens of deaths.

The head of the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean region told staff in an internal email that he is “very disturbed” by allegations reported by the Associated Press last week that the UN health agency’s Syria director misspent millions, abused staff and violated the organization’s own COVID-19 protocols as the…

The head of the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean region has told staff in an internal email that he is “very disturbed” by allegations reported by the Associated Press last week that the U.N. health agency’s Syria director misspent millions, abused staff and violated the organization’s own COVID-19 protocols as…

Clutching an umbrella, medical records and her two-year-old daughter, Kani Fall negotiated the brown puddles lapping at the hospital gate, the final hurdle in a two-hour, rain-soaked journey to her nearest vaccination clinic in western Gambia.

Most developed countries hold significant quantities of medical supplies in reserve to respond in an emergency.