The World Health Organisation has backed the use of diabetes and weight-loss drugs to fight rising obesity levels but warned that access in...

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between au...

More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. The Director-Gen...

More than 2 billion people worldwide still lack access to safely-managed drinking water, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that progr...

The Gambia reported an outbreak of mpox on July 22 with detection of a single case, as several nearby countries have recorded recent increas...

At least 15 people, including four children, have died from starvation and malnutrition in Gaza over the past 24 hours, bringing the total n...

A new global report from the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Connection has revealed the devastating toll of loneliness...

Global efforts to vaccinate children against deadly diseases are faltering due to economic inequality, disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pa...

More than 40 people, including children and healthcare workers, were killed in an attack on a hospital in Sudan over the weekend, the World ...

Today, 79 countries have implemented comprehensive smoke-free laws, according to a World Health Organisation report on the Global Tobacco ...

Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a landmark agreement on Tuesday aimed at strengthening global preparedness for future...

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday that people in over 70 countries are being denied access to medical care due to sign...

Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, meningitis, and yellow fever are on the rise globally amid misinformation and c...

Members of the World Health Organization reached a landmark agreement on Wednesday on how to learn from COVID-19, which killed millions of ...

The European Region has recorded its highest number of measles cases in 25 years, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), whilst c...

Only seven countries met World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards last year, data showed on Tuesday, as researchers warned tha...

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced that “six people, including four children, were ...

A report from the World Health Organisation revealed that one in six 15-year-olds Cypriots has already had sexual intercourse, raising conc...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the addition of a single-dose vaccine to its preventative arsenal against the human papill...

Football’s governing body FIFA and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday launched a global concussion awareness initiative deve...