The World Health Organization turns 75 today. Forged in the years following World War II, many hoped people would finally work together to eradicate some of the world's worst diseases.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says average annual levels of PM2.5 should not exceed 5 micrograms per cubic meter. Byrnihat, an industrial town in northeast India recorded a PM2.5 ...

Asia & Pacific Chinese officials note serious problems in coronavirus response. The World Health Organization keeps praising them. February 8, 2020 More than 5 years ago Summary ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that over half of the global population does not have access to essential medical services. The U.S. healthcare sector is among the largest and most ...

The World Health Organization wants the power to run the world. In three weeks, it will make its bid for global control. The World Health Assembly, the 194-member body governing that organization ...

What has it achieved? WHO’s most notable achievement was the eradication of smallpox, which marked a rare instance of cooperation between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. In 1967 ...

SEOUL — China has committed $30 million to the World Health Organization one week after President Trump halted U.S. funding to the U.N. agency that has emerged as a battleground for influence ...

Practical, because U.S. funding will help the agency balance its budget, fulfill its commitments to boost public health, and protect Americans from new strains of COVID-19 and future disease threats.

About 260 million people in Southeast Asia – about one in seven – live with a mental health condition, and many of them are not receiving timely treatment, said a World Health Organization ...

World Health Organization, CC BY-SA However, nearly a third of the budget for the six core programme categories is retained by the WHO headquarters where most of the scientific research ...

President Trump’s executive order for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization could greatly impact the nation’s ability to track and respond to global disease threats.