Youth Mental Health Decline: Disability, World Challenge, or BOTH? Social determinants, which encompass the structural conditions people are exposed to, are becoming more harmful.

As climate change and disrupted weather patterns impact countries around the world, leaders must act to mitigate the negative effects on public health.

Thailand has reported its first human anthrax-related death in 30 years. In May, Thailand informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of four cases of cutaneous anthrax. One person died as a ...

Of 83 action plans for heat-related health problems that were reviewed for the study, fewer than a third acknowledged the mental health effects of extreme or prolonged high temperatures.

A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$125.16 million in financing — including a US$17.16 million grant from the Pandemic Fund — to support Tunisia’s efforts in enhancing ...

The US and Argentina are launching an alternative international health system to the WHO, which both countries are in the process of leaving.

The World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland voted Monday to allow the Palestinian Authority flag to be flown alongside those of the WHO’s member states.

On March 20, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world's first pandemic agreement after three years of "intensive negotiations." The United States did not participate.

Global leaders and philanthropic organisations have pledged more than $170 million to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to support its response to growing global health challenges.

The first Pandemic Agreement in the world was formally adopted by consensus by the Member States of the World Health Organization, WHO on May 20, 2025.

Members of the World Health Organization adopted a landmark agreement on Tuesday on how to prepare for future pandemics following the Covid-19 outbreak.