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Gaza’s population faces starvation and famine, WHO warns
The risk of famine and mass starvation is rising in Gaza, the World Health Organization warns. Palestinian health officials say dozens of children have died of malnutrition since March, the month Israel blocked all aid shipments.
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Cholera outbreak in Angola kills nearly 600 people
Angola is facing its worst cholera outbreak in 20 years.
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Immunization at risk: Global health leaders urge action amid rising disease outbreaks
Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises, and funding cuts jeopardize progress and leave millions of children, adolescents, and adults at risk, warn WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi...
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Are online claims about the WHO's pandemic treaty true?
While conspiracy theories and fake news about the WHO are commonplace online, the pandemic treaty has given them a new opportunity to resurface.
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WHO member countries draft landmark preparedness treaty for next pandemic
Five years after the Covid-19 pandemic led to lockdowns and economic chaos around the world, the WHO member states have concluded negotiations on a draft "pandemic treaty" outlining the international response to the next global health...
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Africa off track on maternal mortality targets, UN warns on world health day 2025
Across the African region, an estimated 178,000 women die each year due to complications in pregnancy or childbirth.
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Is Toronto ready for another pandemic?
March 11 marked the fifth anniversary of the official start of the COVID-19 pandemic. As CBC’s Tyler Cheese reports, Toronto doctors are looking back at the lessons learned in that time and how prepared the city is in case of another...
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Argentina withdraws from WHO, To ban hormone treatment, gender-affirming surgery
Argentina announces its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to controversial policies, including plans to ban hormone treatments and gender-affirming surgeries. The decision has sparked global debates on human...
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Before Trump's WHO cutoff, who was funding the United Nations' health organisation?
Following Trump's decision to withdraw the US funds from the WHO, a senior employee started a campaign to raise $1 billion. But which countries funded the organisation in 2024?
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Myopia is more common in kids and too much time indoors could be to blame
The number of children with myopia or nearsightedness is growing dramatically worldwide, and new research shows the biggest contributing factor is spending too much time indoors.
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WHO calls emergency meeting to discuss jump in mpox cases from DRC
Nearly 27,000 cases of mpox have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with about 1,100 deaths.
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Trump Targets South Africa as US-Africa Relations Sour
US President Donald Trump has made South Africa one of the early targets of his presidency, freezing financial aid and claiming the government is seizing land from white farmers. It's an accusation that's being backed by Trump's South...
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CDC staff ordered to stop working with WHO immediately
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff have been ordered to stop working with the World Health Organization following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump. (Scripps News)
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President Trump Signs Action to Withdraw US From World Health Organization
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the US to withdraw from the World Health Organization, a decision that would cut off one of the international aid and disease response group's largest funding sources.
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'Disease X' Outbreak Widens as UN Sends Health Team to Congo
More cases of a mysterious flu-like illness labeled "Disease X" were reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the World Health Organization has dispatched a rapid response team to help investigate. Bloomberg News' Janice Kew...
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What is the new potentially deadly mpox strain detected in the UK?
The first case of a new infectious and potentially deadly strain of mpox has been reported in the UK. The strain, known as Clade Ib, emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in August this year. The UK Health Security Agency...
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Gaza polio vaccination program to wrap up this week after immunizing hundreds of thousands of children
After a pause in fighting, the United Nations and the World Health Organization set out to vaccinate as many children as possible against the polio virus. (Scripps News)
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Medical professionals changing education due to climate change
Climate change is now having such a profound impact on our health, medical programs are changing the way they teach about it. (Scripps News)
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'Science was driving the car' says WHO executive as Ireland prepares for Covid-19 Inquiry
'Science was driving the car' says Dr Mike Ryan, the executive director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme as Ireland prepares for it's Covid-19 Inquiry.
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I have a fear about the emergence of disease - Leo Varadkar expresses concern over Gaza
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar press conference alongside Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the director general of the WHO, discuss the health situation in Gaza.
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Global temperature record of 1.5C ‘more likely than not’ in next five years
Scientists are likely to record a global average temperature of more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels over the next five years, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said. There is a 66% chance of this temperature being...
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NHS charities hold minute’s silence to mark second anniversary of pandemic
A ceremony and minute's silence is held at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on the second anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic. NHS Charities Together, which held the remembrance event, said it was an opportunity to...
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Coronavirus cases: The spread outside China
A look at how Coronavirus has spread outside China over the past two weeks. Latest worldwide figures as of 0600 GMT and UK figures as of 0900 GMT March 10, 2020.
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Coronavirus cases: The spread outside China
A look at how Coronavirus has spread outside China over the past two weeks. Latest worldwide figures as of 0600 GMT and UK figures as of 0900 GMT March 10, 2020.