WHO says Ebola risks high for region, but not a "pandemic emergency"
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says risks from the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda are "high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level."
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WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says risks from the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda are "high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level."
The virus behind the latest Ebola outbreak is the Bundibugyo virus, which is less common and there is no vaccine or treatment.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
The middle-aged Iowa resident had recently returned from travel to West Africa, where it is believed they contracted the virus.
Researchers analyzed 651 commercially produced infant and toddler foods across 10 different grocery chains in the U.S., finding nearly 60% failed to meet nutritional standards.
The World Health Organization declared an international health emergency over the spread of mpox in Africa, but says it's not the next coronavirus.
World leaders and health experts gathered at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos to discuss a hypothetical disease X pandemic.
"Aluminum foil is kept around the babies to protect them from the cold weather," says the director general of Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.
Humanitarian agencies are warning that the lack of fuel in the Gaza Strip is causing its health system to break down amid the Israeli siege.
Many popular diet sodas, light gelatins and sugar-free gums contain the artificial sweetener.
The World Health Organization is weighing in on aspartame, an artificial sweetener used in thousands of food and drink products.
The artificial sweetener aspartame is used in thousands of products, and the FDA says it's "safe for the general population." What do we know about its possible effects on health?
The World Health Organization declared an end to the global COVID-19 emergency, but said countries should not let down their guard.
The origins of COVID-19 are still debated and the focus of bitter political dispute.
The WHO evoked a 2005 policy and sentenced a promising made-in-Canada vaccine to a tragic death because of a minority link with a tobacco company.
Officials are lauding the country's response to the latest outbreak of the deadly virus, but some say delays meant missed opportunities to test potential vaccines.
In 2021, there were about 9 million measles cases and 128,000 measles deaths worldwide, according to the CDC and WHO.
The head of the World Health Organization says there's "cause for optimism."
As "floods, droughts, conflict" and other factors make out breaks "more numerous, more widespread and more severe," officials shift to a one-dose strategy.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. The decision was announced Saturday morning after WHO convened its second emergency committee on the issue on Thursday.
The World Health Organization has stopped short of declaring the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern as a result of an emergency committee meeting.
The World Health Organization has stopped short of declaring the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern as a result of an emergency committee meeting.
President Trump announced Friday that he's "terminating" the United States' relationship with the World Health Organization, claiming China has total control over it.
A child in Venezuela who was reported to have a common symptom of polio does not have the viral disease, World Health Organization said.
The World Health Organization wants to eliminate artificial trans fats from the global food supply and has a step-by-step strategy on how to do so by 2023.
