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Efforts to eradicate the disfiguring mosquito-borne infection lymphatic filariasis are advancing, but it is still rife in 51 countries

WHO raises concerns over Lebanon's health care system amid conflict, urging urgent action to protect facilities and prevent further crises.

Relations between Israel and the United Nations have long been tense

Genetic evidence of the disease was previously found in the mummy of King Tutankhamun

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WHO says ‘escalating violence’ in northern Gaza has led to postponement of vaccines to more than 100,000 children

As life expectancies grow and birth rates decline in many parts of the world, the proportion of the elderly population is increasing at an unprecedented rate. The WHO forecasts that by 2030, 1 in 6 people will be aged 60 years or over. Longer term, the number of persons aged…

As temperatures fall in Gaza, displaced Palestinians living in makeshift shelters with little food or warm clothes fear the approaching winter, the second since the war began.

UNICEF warns of urgent need for second polio vaccine dose in northern Gaza to prevent virus spread and calls for international support.

As the Townshend studio opens at the University of West London the legendary guitarist talks about the importance of arts funding, the Oasis reunion and what next for The Who

WHO postpones polio vaccination campaign in Gaza due to escalating violence, risking spread of virus.