Why is Uganda’s Ebola outbreak so serious?
By Anne Soy Senior Africa correspondent An outbreak of Ebola in Uganda is proving more difficult to deal with than…
Candid photos chronicle life as an obese teen
By Nicola Bryan BBC News Following years of being bullied about her weight, Shannon decided to send a clear message…
Covid-19 pandemic is over in the US – Joe Biden
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington President Joe Biden has declared the pandemic over in the US, even as…
More than 700 million people with untreated hypertension
World Health Organization and Imperial College London joint press release The number of adults aged 30–79 years with hypertension has…
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on Afghanistan
The people of Afghanistan need our support now more than ever. Our organizations are committed to helping and protecting them.…
ACT-Accelerator launches urgent US$ 7.7 billion appeal to stem surge of dangerous variants and save lives everywhere
Delta variant on path to become dominant strain worldwide as surge in the highly transmissible variant increases urgency for vaccinating…
Neglected tropical diseases: enhancing safe treatment for more than 1 billion people annually
A manual designed to help health workers to better administer and manage the safety of people who benefit from free…
WHO’s Solidarity clinical trial enters a new phase with three new candidate drugs
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the next phase in its Solidarity trial: Solidarity PLUS will enroll hospitalized patients…
Target product profile for next-generation TB drug-susceptibility testing at peripheral sites
The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching its updated target product profile (TPP) for next-generation drug-susceptibility (DST) testing for M. tuberculosis at peripheral…
Fraudulent “COVID-19 Compensation Lottery Prize” scam, falsely alleges association with WHO and others
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been made aware of correspondences being circulated by scammers (acting under the name of…