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Air pollution a factor in spiking cancer cases, report says
New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) predict a 77% increase in cancer cases globally by 2050. The report points to air pollution as one of the factors driving the expected increase in cancer rates, even though it does not have the same effect on everyone.
China's respiratory illness surge not as high as pre-pandemic: WHO official
The spike in respiratory illnesses that China is currently suffering is not as high as before the Covid-19 pandemic, a World Health Organization official said, reiterating that no new or unusual pathogens had been found in the recent cases.
Air pollution now a major risk to life expectancy in South Asia: study
Rising air pollution can cut life expectancy by more than five years per person in South Asia, one of the world's most polluted regions, according to a report published on Tuesday which flagged the growing burden of hazardous air on health.
August 28, 2023 | 10:00 pm PT
WHO holds first traditional medicine summit
The World Health Organization opened its first summit on traditional medicine on Thursday, with the group saying it was seeking to collect evidence and data to allow for the safe use of such treatments.
August 17, 2023 | 05:35 am PT
WHO classifies EG.5 as Covid-19 'variant of interest'
The World Health Organization on Wednesday classified the EG.5 coronavirus strain circulating in the United States and China as a "variant of interest" but said it did not seem to pose more of a threat to public health than other variants.
August 9, 2023 | 06:11 pm PT
WHO eyes end to and Mpox emergencies in 2023
The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started.
December 14, 2022 | 06:42 pm PT
Measles now an imminent global threat due to pandemic, say WHO and CDC
There is now an imminent threat of measles spreading in various regions globally, as Covid-19 led to a steady decline in vaccination coverage and weakened surveillance of the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. public health agency said on Wednesday.
November 23, 2022 | 06:10 pm PT
Vietnam to quarantine monkeypox patients
People supposedly infected with monkeypox will have to quarantine at health centers or hospitals until their symptoms disappear, the Ministry of Health said.
July 29, 2022 | 04:10 am PT
WHO declares global health emergency over monkeypox outbreak
The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's highest level of alert, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday.
July 23, 2022 | 07:02 pm PT
WHO says heatwave caused 1,700 deaths in Spain, Portugal
The World Health Organization's European office on Friday said the heatwave baking Europe has caused over 1,700 deaths on the Iberian peninsula alone, calling for joint action to tackle climate change.
July 22, 2022 | 04:24 pm PT
WHO eyes decision on monkeypox 'emergency', Africa says it's long overdue
The World Health Organization will decide whether to declare monkeypox a global emergency, stirring criticism from African scientists who say it has been a crisis in their region for years.
June 23, 2022 | 07:32 pm PT
WHO panel backs use of Omicron-adapted vaccine as booster dose
A modified coronavirus vaccine that targets the Omicron variant can be administered as a booster dose to broaden immunity, a technical advisory group set up the World Health Organization said on Friday.
June 17, 2022 | 04:47 pm PT
Monkeypox presents moderate risk to public health, WHO says
The World Health Organization said on Sunday that monkeypox constitutes a "moderate risk" to overall public health at global level after cases were reported in countries where the disease is not typically found.
May 29, 2022 | 05:34 pm PT
North Korea Covid outbreak is 'worrying' for new variants: WHO
A senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday that high levels of transmission of the coronavirus among unvaccinated people, such as in North Korea, creates a higher risk of new variants.
May 18, 2022 | 01:49 am PT
Indonesia detects 15 cases of severe hepatitis after 3 child deaths
Indonesia has identified 15 cases of severe hepatitis of unknown origin after reporting three deaths among children, the country's health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told a news briefing on Monday.
May 9, 2022 | 03:07 am PT
Covid-19 led to 15 million deaths globally, not the 5 million reported: WHO
Almost three times as many people have died as a result of Covid-19 as official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report.
May 5, 2022 | 06:38 pm PT
Vietnam shouldn't consider Covid common illness yet: WHO
The WHO representative in Vietnam said Covid-19 should not be treated as a common illness just yet and basic prevention measures must still be practiced.
March 24, 2022 | 07:00 am PT
WHO says there were 64 instances of attacks on health care since Ukraine war started
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it had verified 64 instances of attacks on health care in Ukraine between Feb. 24 and March 21 resulting in 15 deaths and 37 injuries.
March 23, 2022 | 06:15 pm PT
WHO recommends Merck Covid pill for non-severe, at-risk patients
The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended an anti-Covid pill be taken by sufferers who have mild symptoms but are at high risk of hospitalization, such as older people or the unvaccinated.
March 2, 2022 | 07:08 pm PT
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