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WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola
The World Health Organisation has declared that Liberia is free of Ebola. It means the latest outbreak of the deadly disease is effectively over. The WHO said there have been forty two days without a new case being reported in the West...
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3 Days that Stopped the World | Al Jazeera Investigations
Mid January, 2020. Two Chinese journalists were sent to Wuhan to investigate a mysterious virus outbreak. This is their account of the three days before Wuhan entered lockdown.
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First Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing Not Without Hiccups; But Racing Glory Not The Only Aim
The Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) kicked off its inaugural race at the Yas Marina Formula 1 track. While the event showcased cutting-edge technology, there were some hiccups. During trials, AI cars faced challenges like...
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Social media harms girls’ mental health, report warns
Spending too much time on social media erodes girls’ mental health with negative impacts on learning, warns a new UNESCO report that also found girls are more susceptible than boys to negative feelings about appearance and body image.
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'Worst situation': WHO works to get patients out of Khan Younis hospital
This video supplied by the World Health Organization shows WHO staff, along with medical staff at the Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza, working Monday to get critically ill patients out of the hospital. The head of the WHO says...
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From new vaccines to improved diagnostic tests: Here are some key health innovations in 2023
This year was marked by a new malaria vaccine and new technology to help patients.
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Scared of injections? New IV needle designed to go soft in the body could be safer and hurt less
The new IV needle, which is rigid at room temperature like a conventional one, softens when it is inserted and reaches body temperature.
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Row between WHO and Israel over military notification to move Gaza medical supplies
The Director General of the WHO has posted on social media platform X, that Israel has told it to evacuate its facilities in southern Gaza
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Delaying aid into Gaza will cost lives, WHO official says
The WHO has asked repeatedly for critical aid, including medicine, to be allowed to flow from Egypt into Gaza via the Rafah border crossing, a top regional official says. 'If it is delayed, we are losing a lot of lives.'
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Moving severely ill patients out of northern Gaza will be 'death sentence,' says WHO
Asking health workers to move severely ill people out of northern Gaza is 'beyond cruel' and amounts to a 'death sentence,' says WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic.
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WHO warns Europe it will face challenges as number of pensioners to jump by 25% in coming decades
A new report by the World Health Organization says governments need to start investing in preventing poor health in old age now as Europe's population ages.
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Italian hospitals face crush of heat-related patients
Record-high temperatures continue to bake southern Europe as Italian medical services face a crush of heat-related emergencies from patients old and young.
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WHO declares aspartame 'possibly carcinogenic'
The World Health Organization has officially designated the common artificial sweetener aspartame a 'potential carcinogen.' But while there's data pointing to a possible health hazard, there isn't enough evidence to understand how big...
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Aspartame is in a lot of stuff, but what is it?
The World Health Organization has declared aspartame a potential carcinogen, indicating more research is needed to understand the health impacts. CBC’s Anya Zoledziowski looks at what’s in the artificial sweetener and how it became so...
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WHO reportedly to declare aspartame a possible cancer risk
Sources say the World Health Organization is ready to list one of the world’s most widely used artificial sweeteners as ‘potentially carcinogenic to humans.’ Aspartame is found in thousands of commercial products, from soft drinks to...
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WHO says COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says population immunity has increased from vaccination and infection, and the pressure on health systems has eased.
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COVID-19 pandemic no longer a 'global health emergency'
The World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 is no longer a 'global health emergency' but with strained health systems and continued elevated deaths, the virus remains a concern.
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WHO warns of “high bio-hazard risk” in Sudan
The World Health Organization has warned of a high risk of biological hazard in Sudan on Tuesday.
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UN Warns of Lab Risk, More Displacement Amid Sudan Conflict
U.N. officials said Tuesday that one side in the Sudan conflict has seized control of a national health lab in the capital of Khartoum that holds biological material, calling it an “extremely dangerous” development.
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'Global issue': 1 in 6 people worldwide affected by infertility, WHO report finds
The World Health Organization is now calling for better access to fertility treatments.
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How WHO will decide if the COVID-19 emergency is over
The World Health Organization will soon decide if COVID-19 should still be categorized as a global public health emergency. WHO COVID-19 technical lead Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove explains to Adrienne Arsenault how that decision is made.
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Long COVID needs much more study, says WHO
More research is needed to understand the scale and burden of long COVID and how to help with patient rehabilitation, says the World Health Organization's Maria Van Kerkhove.
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Wear a mask on a long flight, says WHO
The World Health Organization says masks should be used in 'high-risk settings' like long-haul flights because of widespread COVID-19 transmission 'across the world.'
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More than 1 million dead from COVID-19 so far in 2022: WHO
WHO COVID-19 technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove said it was 'concerning' and 'tragic' that more than 1 million people died from COVID-19 this year. She expects more hospitalizations and more deaths as the virus circulates around the world.