The initiative will boost vaccination in countries like Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and the Philippines where millions missed their jabs in 2021.

The World Health Organization is preparing to decide whether to end its COVID-19 global emergency declaration later this week. But some doctors and researchers worry about what that could mean for the fight against a virus that still...

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.

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.

The virus that causes COVID-19 continues to mutate amid reduced testing, adding to concerns that a new variant could explode before it's detected and

“It is not acceptable in the 21st century to have people dying of a disease which is very well-known and very easy to treat,” the WHO said.

There are "encouraging early signs" that the monkeypox outbreak is slowing, according to the World Health Organization's regional office for Europe.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said Wednesday that Canada's monkeypox outbreak is showing a 'sustained, downward trend' of cases in recent weeks.

Cases of monkeypox have now been recorded in more than 80 countries worldwide but mortality remains low for now.

Dr. William Schaffner, the professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt Medical Center, joined Cheddar News to break down concerns about monkeypox, the World Health Organization taking a second look at the outbreak, and how it differs...

Rates of being overweight or obese have more than doubled in Europe since the 1970s, the UN health agency said.

The World Health Organization says nearly 15 million people around the world died from COVID-19, either directly or indirectly, by the end of 2021.

The World Health Organization estimates almost 15 million people around the world have died as a result of COVID-19 or the pandemic’s burden on health-care systems over the past two years.

A liver illness affecting 169 children in the U.S. and Europe is, so far, a 'medical mystery,' says infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch, and it's premature to attribute it to any one virus or cause.

The World Health Organization formally rejected Medicago’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, citing tobacco giant Philip Morris’ minority stake in the company. Experts say the problem isn’t about the safety or efficacy of the vaccine,...

The World Health Organization says Medicago’s COVID-19 vaccine is on hold for emergency use, citing tobacco giant Philip Morris’s minority stake in the company. Experts say the problem isn’t about the safety or efficacy of the vaccine,...

A much higher global vaccination rate is needed to thwart coronavirus variants and end the acute phase of the pandemic, says World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Europe could be moving towards a kind of pandemic endgame, said WHO's Europe director Hans Kluge. But, he added, it is too early to call COVID endemic.

Omicron is "quickly becoming the dominant virus in western Europe and is now spreading in the Balkans", said Dr Hans Kluge, regional director for WHO Europe.

The World Health Organization says the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus has been reported in 89 countries — with COVID-19 cases doubling approximately every one to three days.

The World Health Organization says people must take all measures to control omicron, or the new variant of the coronavirus, now spreading rapidly through countries, could overwhelm fragile health systems. (Sumaya Hisham/Reuters)

The World Health Organization says that every tool used to fight the delta coronavirus variant needs to be strengthened against omicron.(Fabrice Coffrini/Reuters)

Clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene should be normal for everyone. Yet, almost half of the world’s population don’t have access to it.

After the world passed the 'tragic milestone' of five million deaths from the coronavirus, the World Health Organization warned that the trajectory for the pandemic's path in 2022 is in people's hands but says they must make the right...