International sanctions have left Syria’s health system on life support
U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing the former Assad regime have made it more difficult for Syrian hospitals to ...
The rate of HMPV infections in northern China is declining, Chinese health official says
The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic.
Rising HMPV cases in China are ‘what we would expect to see’ in winter, health officials say
As China experiences a rise in respiratory infections this winter, one little-known virus has gotten a lot of attention – and ...
This Is the Deadliest Foodborne Illness, According to the World Health Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization teamed up to publish a new ...
Is the world ready for the next pandemic?
An awkward question remains five years after COVID-19 began its deadly rampage: is the world ready to handle the next ...
U.N.'s World Health Organization calls on Israel to free Gaza hospital chief as death toll tops 45,500
Israeli forces raided northern Gaza's last hospital and detained its director as a purported Hamas suspect. U.N. officials ...