The World Health Organization (WHO) today has launched a major new initiative urging countries to raise real prices on ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday urged countries to massively increase the price of tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks to raise public revenue and cut chronic disease. The global body ...

All hypotheses on how the Covid-19 pandemic began remain open, the World Health Organization said, following an inconclusive four-year investigation that was hamstrung by crucial information being ...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. There are 118,000 cases, more than 4,000 deaths, the agency said, and the virus has found a foothold ...

WHO declares global COVID emergency over 03:39. The World Health Organization announced Friday it would declare an end to the global COVID-19 emergency, urging countries to begin transitioning ...

World Health Organization responds to a critical First Opinion. There are other signs of an organization with deep cultural problems. Early in the Covid pandemic, the WHO denied that the virus ...

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.

As one of his first acts as president, Joe Biden Wednesday halted the U.S. departure from the World Health Organization and joined a multilateral vaccine distribution initiative, cementing U.S ...

The World Health Organization turns 75 today. Forged in the years following World War II, many hoped people would finally work together to eradicate some of the world's worst diseases.

At the World Health Assembly, 193 member nations voted to adopt a treat calling for better preventive measures and global cooperation. But there are still details to hash out.