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Strike on Darfur, Sudan health care center kills at least 64, including 13 children, WHO states

The total number of fatalities linked to attacks on health facilities during Sudan's civil war surpassed 2,000 following this strike, World Health Organization chief Ghebreyesus noted.

The aftermath of a strike on Al Deain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, March 20, 2026.
An Iranian Kurdish man in traditional outfit walks past an anti-US billboard displayed on a building in Tehran's Valiasr Square on February 4, 2026

WHO warns ‘black rain’ in Iran after oil strikes could cause respiratory problems

Fires are lit as protesters rally on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

IRGC kills protesters in hospital beds, targets medical staff, Iranian doctor tells ‘Post'

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee in coversation with The Jerusalem Post.

Huckabee says US would share medical data if Israel leaves WHO


Oxford malaria vaccine data bodes well for effort to fight disease

Oxford says its vaccine, called R21/Matrix-M, is likely more effective than Mosquirix in preventing the disease that kills about 600,000 a year.

 Worker Solomon Conteh dissects a mosquito at Sanaria Inc. facility in Rockville, Maryland, October 26, 2007.

How do sugar substitutes affect the human body? You may be surprised

Weizmann Institute research: Sweetness may come at a price and change your glucose metabolism

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WHO may rename monkeypox - here's why

Its guidelines recommend avoiding animal names or geographic regions. The novel coronavirus and its variants were renamed for this reason.

 An electron microscopic (EM) image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virus particles as well as crescents and spherical particles of immature virions, obtained from a clinical human skin sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak in this undated image obtained by Reuters on May 18, 2022

Do graphic cigarette warning labels really work? - study

Although graphic warning labels on cigarette packs increase pack-hiding behavior among smokers, they do not necessarily stop people from smoking.

Illustration of cigarettes in an ashtray.

Disease experts call on WHO, governments for more action on monkeypox

The WHO is considering whether the monkeypox outbreak should be assessed as a potential public health emergency of international concern.

Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), attends a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland May 3, 2019

WHO working on more monkeypox guidance as cases rise

The outbreak in 11 countries where it is not endemic is highly unusual, according to scientists. More than 100 confirmed or suspected cases have been reported, most of them in Europe.

 The WHO logo is pictured in Geneva

WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases cross 100 in Europe

In what Germany calls the largest outbreak in Europe ever, Monkeypox cases have been reported in at least eight European countries, and the WHO is convening

A logo is pictured at the World Health Organization (WHO) building in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2020.

WHO, CDC express concern of possible undetected monkeypox spread in UK

The WHO did not recommend any restrictions for travel to and trade with the United Kingdom based on available information at this time.

 : A general view of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta

World in no better place to fight pandemics than before COVID - WHO

The panel called for a high-level meeting at the UN General Assembly and independent health threats council led by heads of state to galvanize action.  

A logo is pictured at the World Health Organization (WHO) building in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2020.

WHO says it has documented 200 attacks on health facilities in Ukraine

Russia has denied previous accusations by Ukraine and Western nations of possible war crimes and has also denied targeting civilians in the war.

 Firefighters work on a fire on a building after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv on February 24, 2022