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Over 100 killed in attacks on Sudan kindergarten and hospital, WHO says

The WHO database said heavy weapons were used and that 114 people, including 63 children, were killed and 35 wounded.

Displaced Sudanese children who fled with their families during violence in al-Fashir, sit inside a camp shelter, amid ongoing clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan November 3, 2025.
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with US Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, DC, US, November 12, 2025.

US CDC adopts Kennedy's anti-vaccine views on recast website

Palestinians carry aid supplies that entered Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Zawaida, in the central Gaza Strip, October 21, 2025.

Aid delivery to Gaza faces major hurdles, nutritional crisis continues, WHO, aid groups say

Tylenol is displayed for sale at a pharmacy in New York City, New York, US, September 5, 2025.

WHO: No evidence linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism


WHO lists AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

A WHO statement said it had approved the vaccine as produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea) and the Serum Institute of India.

A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021

White House cites 'deep concerns' about WHO COVID report

Sullivan noted that US President Joe Biden had quickly reversed the decision to disengage from the WHO, but said it was imperative to protect the organization's credibility.

WHO team member at a hospital in Wuhan

Coronavirus: WHO, UNICEF urge equitable vaccine distribution worldwide

130 different countries, totaling a population of 2.5 billion, have yet to administer the vaccine at all.

A health care worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine

Bloomberg, WHO, call for focus on noncommunicable diseases amid COVID-19

“The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the full danger of noncommunicable diseases – and signaled the urgent need for stronger public health policies and investment to prevent them,” said Dr. Tedros.

Michael Bloomberg

Breast cancer overtakes lung as most common cancer - WHO

"Among women, breast cancer is the most commonly-diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death worldwide," WHO said.

A monitor shows the image of a woman infected with breast cancer.

Trump, Navalny, WHO and Thunberg among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

The 2021 laureate will be announced in October.

An 18-carat gold Nobel Peace Prize medal, awarded in 1921 to Norway's Christian L. Lange, is seen in an exhibition at the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo December 9, 2009.

WHO team visits Wuhan market where first COVID infections detected

Experts say the Huanan market still plays a role in tracing the origins of the virus, since the first cluster of cases was identified there.

WHO team member at a hospital in Wuhan

WHO reverses stance on pregnant women receiving COVID-19 vaccine

Israel has included pregnant women among those getting priority access to COVID-19 vaccines.

The COVID-19 vaccine given to medical staff at Ichilov Hospital on December 20.

Anti-Israel resolution to be debated at WHO assembly

"This stand-alone item is not about the health of Palestinians, it is about politicizing health," Israel's Ambassador to the UN Meirav Eilon Shahar told the WHO Executive Board.

DEMONSTRATORS ATTEND an anti-Israel, anti-US rally in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2019.

WHO team arrives in China's Wuhan to investigate COVID-19 origins

"We are looking for the answers here that may save us in future - not culprits and not people to blame," the WHO's top emergency expert, Mike Ryan.

Still image of WHO team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic arriving at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport