WHO: Antibiotic Resistance Could Kill 39 Million by 2050
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning about the escalating threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), predicting that it could claim 39 million lives...
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Deadly Smog Forces Delhi School Closures after Exceeding WHO Limit by 60 Times
India’s capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes Monday until further notice as worsening toxic smog surged past 60 times the World Health Organization’s...
WHO Warns of Global Surge in Synthetic Drug Use
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has called for immediate global action to address the escalating crisis of synthetic opioid and...
Measles Cases Surge Worldwide, Infecting 10.3 Million
Worldwide, there were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023, a 20% increase from 2022, according to new estimates from the World Health...
China and WHO Partner to Advance Traditional Medicine
Worldwide, traditional medicine is used by billions of people for their health and well-being. At a signing ceremony in Geneva, the Government of China committed...
WHO: 17 Deadly Pathogens Need New Vaccines
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday released a new study listing 17 endemic pathogens that urgently require vaccines. Published in the journal eBioMedicine, the...
Lahore’s Air Pollution 80 Times Above WHO Limit
Air pollution in Pakistan’s second biggest city Lahore soared on Saturday more than 80 times over the level deemed acceptable by the World Health Organization...
WHO Allocates Nearly a Million Mpox Vaccines to Africa
The World Health Organization on Friday said almost a million doses of mpox vaccines have been allocated to nine countries in Africa. This follows the...
Africa Records 134 New Polio Cases on World Polio Day
As the world marks World Polio day, Africa has recorded 134 new polio cases in at least seven countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced....
WHO Calls on Rwanda to Contain Marburg Outbreak
The WHO chief on Sunday urged Rwanda to keep up its fightback against Marburg, as the country battles an outbreak of one of the world’s...