LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - There were around 11 million more cases of malaria in 2023 than in 2022, up to an estimated 263 million, according to a new World Health Organization report, marking another ...

As in most years, much of the media focus in 2023 was on the myriad crises people all over the world faced, from horrific wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East to devastating natural disasters ...

The World Health Organization is making loneliness a global health priority, it said Wednesday, launching a new Commission on Social Connection. For the next three years, the commission will focus on ...

The rules of survival are simple: humans can live weeks without food, days without water, but only minutes without air. Air is the most vital resource to human life, and yet what most of the world ...

The head of the World Health Organization urged countries across the globe to prepare for the next pandemic, warning that future health emergencies could be even worse than the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO ...

The decision has little practical effect but is a significant moment in the struggle against a virus that has killed millions and upended lives throughout the world. By Stephanie Nolen The World ...

Over 1 billion individuals experienced childhood sexual violence in 2023, highlighting severe public health implications and ...

President Donald Trump’s deep cuts to foreign aid and plans to quit the UN body that coordinates efforts to combat disease are already splintering a global approach to public health strained by a once ...