Six years ago, the Director-General of the World Health Organization sounded the highest global alarm available under international law at the time, declaring the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease ...

The US will no longer participate in the WHO’s global influenza monitoring system – a shift experts say will lead to more flu ...

MSF withholds staff lists from Israel, citing safety fears and a lack of assurances. The move follows months of engagement ...

University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health published its report in 2014.1 At that time, progress towards the Millennium Development Goals had been made, the Sustainable Development ...

In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from WHO, California is the first state to participate in the agency's disease monitoring ...

The World Health Organization claimed that the U.S. withdrawal makes the nation and the entire globe "less safe" and that it ...

Hours after Donald Trump began his second term as United States president on Jan. 20, 2024, he signed an executive order to end American membership in the ...

As the U.S.’s withdrawal from the WHO becomes official, the consequences for the world’s health could be serious.

The World Health Organization, or WHO, is a global health body established in 1948 following World War II. Its goal is simple ...

The most rapidly growing cause of disability and loss of human potential and productivity emanates from mental health conditions. Mental illness was the largest source of loss in GDP (Gross Domestic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. For the first time ever, the World Health Organization has ...

The World Health Organization conditionally recommends the use of GLP-1 drugs, including tirzepatide, marketed as Mounjaro and Zepbound, for obesity treatment. Peter Dazeley via Getty Images The World ...