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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


WHO-led trial to study three anti-inflammatory drugs for COVID-19 patients

The coronavirus was found to have an effect on small blood vessels. As such, various drugs that treat blood vessel inflammations were thought to assist in managing COVID.

Colorful of tablets and capsules pill in blister packaging arranged with beautiful pattern with flare light. Pharmaceutical industry concept. Pharmacy drugstore. Antibiotic drug resistance

WHO says Guinea monitoring confirmed 155 cases of Ebola-like Marburg virus

Guinea was declared free of Ebola two months ago, following an outbreak that killed 12 people.

 A member of the French Red Cross disinfects the area around a motionless person suspected of carrying the Ebola virus as a crowd gathers in Forecariah, Guinea.

China rejects WHO plan for study of COVID-19 origin

The WHO this month proposed a second phase of studies into the origins of the coronavirus in China, including audits of laboratories and markets in the city of Wuhan.

FILE PHOTO - Medical staff carry a box as they walk at the Jinyintan hospital, where the patients with pneumonia caused by the new strain of coronavirus are being treated, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 10, 2020. Picture taken January 10, 2020

'Doctors For Extinction Rebellion' rally at WHO headquarters in Geneva

The Extinction Rebellion movement has amassed a doctors collective to engage in "civil disobedience" for the purpose of bringing about changes in environmental policies.

PROTESTERS SIT during the Extinction Rebellion protest on Waterloo Bridge in London last month.

UN calls for full opening of Gaza crossing ahead of $100m. funding drive

Blinken in Ramallah: US to secure 1.5 million COVID vaccines for Palestinians

Palestinians sit in a makeshift tent amid the rubble of their houses which were destroyed by Israeli air strikes during the Israel-Hamas fighting in Gaza May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

WHO appeals for humanitarian access to Gaza to help treat wounded

"The severity of injuries is straining an already overwhelmed health system that is facing critical shortages of essential medicines and supplies while also battling the COVID-19 pandemic."

A logo is pictured on the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

Coronavirus creates an opportunity to fight hospital-acquired infections

Highlighting the need to enforce hygiene standards in hospitals and implementing innovative technologies that can create a significant change.

Visibly pregnant 34-year-old Narkis receives her coronavirus vaccine in Tel Aviv, January 21, 2021.

WHO gives emergency use listing to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

Moderna announced this week an expansion plan for its production network to boost its capacity to up to 3 billion doses in 2022.

Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020.

China-WHO probe in Wuhan not extensive enough - WHO director general

"I do not believe that this assessment was extensive enough."

Newly elected Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

Coronavirus: Report on origin of virus will be released on Tuesday - WHO

The report is "extremely sensitive" to China, which has consistently claimed that it is not responsible for the spread of the coronavirus.

Dominic Dwyer, a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), sits in a car arriving to Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021.