Some 2.6 billion people in 79 countries are covered by smoke-free policies in indoor public places, the WHO reports.

In a significant step to advance mental health research, the National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences (NIMHANS) ...

Facing major funding cuts from the United States and others, the United Nations has been forced to shed jobs and start ...

US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities have deepened global apprehension about the geopolitical gambits of Donald Trump in ...

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday called on other countries to work with the U.S. on global health outside of the World Health Organization, as he rejected the pandemic agreement ...

World Health Organization Pandemic Treaty: The draft accord, which addresses structural inequities about how drugs or vaccines and health tools are developed, following lessons learned from the ...

Members of the World Health Organization came together on a critical agreement Tuesday that outlines how members would react to pandemics after the COVID-19 outbreak. COVID-19 has killed over 7 ...

GENEVA, May 19 (Reuters) - Members of the World Health Organization voted emphatically in favour of a potentially groundbreaking global treaty on improving pandemic preparedness at the World ...

Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization is set to have far-reaching impacts on global health. With the global health agenda expanding in scope, member ...

In 2018, Ms. Matos sued the PanAmerican Health Organization, a U.N. agency that had a role in managing the program in Brazil. She considers it “modern slavery.” ...