Fears of a potential coronavirus pandemic grew on Monday after sharp rises in new COVID-19 cases were reported in Iran, Italy and South Korea. Infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Daszak says he wouldn't be surprised if the World Health...

Dr. Michael Gardam of Toronto's Humber River Hospital says we all need to get ready for the virus gaining a foothold in Canada.

These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

A new report shows an increase in the cases of measles and deaths in 2018 and a lack of vaccines worldwide is largely to blame.

How a security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is putting Ebola treatment operations at risk.

Local leaders are helping turn the tide on Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Stream hosts a panel of experts from sub-Saharan Africa who will take coronavirus-related questions from the community.

The UN warns the fight against one is threatening efforts made to control the others.

Documents proving COVID-19 vaccinations pose ethical questions.

Fear and anxiety as the number of cases rise around the world.

The World Health Organization has declared vaccine hesitancy as one of the top 10 threats to our health. Big social media platforms have been moving to shut anti-vaccination websites down, but now anti-vaxxers are on the move to private...

The measles outbreak in B.C. has reignited concern about parents not vaccinating their children. Two new cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 15. The World Health Organization says that "vaccine hesitancy" is a big threat to...

Communist party leaders sacked as number of cases rise

Donald Trump has taken aim at the World Health Organization, saying it's failed to halt the spread of coronavirus.

W.H.O. launches initiative to coordinate vaccine and treatment without U.S. involvement

Can internationalism, and the United Nations itself, survive if the United States no longer cares?

For a diagnosis to be made, the negative effects of too much gaming must continue for at least a year. However, the World Health Organization says only one to three per cent of gamers meet the criteria.

Canadian scientists may have helped ensure West Africa's outbreak of Ebola is the last the world ever sees

Infectious disease expert Dr. Kamran Khan talks about the World Health Organization's emergency meeting on the mosquito-borne virus

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.

Health officials say that thousands of children in Gaza’s tent camps are being infected by a painful skin disease that is spreading quickly due to lack of hygiene products and sanitation.

The Israeli military is continuing its operations in Rafah despite international calls for it to stop. It's facing harsh criticism after dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday. Today, the Israel...

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.

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...