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Gaza health system at breaking point as Israeli hostilities intensify, WHO says
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that Gaza's health system is at a breaking point as Israel's intensified ...
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What is WHO without the U.S.? Health officials wrestle with future at annual meeting
As WHO pares back staff and programs after loss of U.S. funding, health officials wrestled with its purpose and future.
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The world now has its first ever pandemic treaty. Will it make a difference?
At the World Health Assembly, 193 members nations voted to adopt a treat calling for better preventive measures and global ...
The Pandemic Agreement is a Landmark for Public Health
T he Pandemic Agreement, just adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a landmark for global public health. Had ...
World Health Organization Scales Back Work After Funding Cuts
Under U.S. law, a one-year notice period is required before the country, the biggest financial backer of the WHO, can leave, ...
A top global health expert's message to graduates: Kick the tires
NPR interviews Maria Van Kherkove, the infectious disease epidemiologist who is a leader in the World Health Organization.
WHO opens annual assembly as UN health agency faces ‘existential crisis’ in wake of US funding cuts
The World Health Organization is opening its annual meeting of government ministers and other top envoys facing one of the ...
RFK Jr.'s health report stirs debate over pesticide use and childhood disease crisis
The highly anticipated White House report on childhood diseases, titled "Make Our Children Healthy Again: Assessment," was ...
World Health Organization countries don't invite Taiwan to annual assembly
Member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday rejected a proposal to invite Taiwan to its annual assembly in ...
China pledges $500M to WHO as US abandons international health agency
Although the US has cut all ties with the WHO—and reportedly still owes the agency $260 million in 2024–2025 dues—US health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an unexpected ...