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The world is facing an interconnected health crisis: zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance, environmental degradation, and ...
Two dozen Republican governors don't want the World Health Organization (WHO) to call the shots in the case of another global pandemic, according to a letter they sent to President Biden this ...
When we consider war, the first things that tend to come to mind are tanks, missiles, and cities in shambles. But there is another aspect of conflict that doesn’t make the front pages as ...
The United Nations body was founded in 1948 with a mission to promote health around the world. The organization took on a swath of responsibilities, including managing the response to major ...
The World Health Organization today ended its designation of Covid as a “global health emergency.”. WHO director general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement, tweeted out by WHO ...
Among global health organizations, women are poorly represented on boards; only 1% of seats are held by women from low-income countries.
President Trump’s executive order for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization could greatly impact the nation’s ability to track and respond to global disease threats.
The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency on July 23. Here's what you need to know about how it spreads. (Video: Joy Sung, Fenit Nirappil/The Washington Post ...
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives for a press conference to talk about Coronavirus, Jan. 30, 2020 in Geneva. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images ...