Health

Influenza and other respiratory viruses are surging, Dr. Wenqing Zhang, head of the global respiratory threats unit at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Threat Management, told reporters in Geneva. This year is marked by “the emergence and rapid expansion of a new subclade of the AH3N2 virus”. The new variant […]

Meeting on November 27, the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety reviewed 31 major studies published between 2010 and August 2025. The analysis looked at data from several countries and looked at both vaccines in general and those containing thiomersal – a preservative sometimes used to prevent contamination in multidose vials. “Positive security profile”

This is according to Shyama Kuruvilla, director of the WHO Global Center for Traditional Medicine, established in 2022 to harness the potential of these systems for health care and well-being. “With half the world’s population lacking access to essential health services, traditional medicine is often the closest or only care available for many people,” Kuruvilla

In partnership with the UN-backed Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), they launched the “End Polio” campaign in the run-up to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) which begins in Morocco on December 21. “Polio is a disease that we just have to take seriously,” said Naby Keïta of the Guinea national team who plays

Aksonethip Somvorachit spoke with PK Press Club on the challenges she faced as staff focal point for PSEA. “Early in my career at the UN, I took on the responsibility of serving as the focal point for the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA). I acted as a confidential contact for anyone raising a

“Promise that you will take your medication for life,” Mishra told PK Press Club on Monday in a message marking World AIDS Day. “Your medication is your greatest protection“, she added. Yet the global HIV response for the more than 40 million people living with the disease faces its biggest setback in decades, UNAIDS –

The mosquito-borne parasitic disease is both preventable and curable, but it remains a serious and deadly global health threat – killing hundreds of thousands – primarily among young children and pregnant women, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa. The WHO’s latest annual update shows impressive progress since 2000: the intervention has saved an estimated 14 million lives

The guidelines focus on GLP-1 therapies – drugs such as liraglutide, semaglutide and tirzepatide – and offer conditional recommendations on how they can be used safely as part of long-term treatment. Living with obesity More than a billion people worldwide live with obesity, responsible for 3.7 million deaths in 2024. Without stronger action, WHO warns

“Sometimes I feel like the world isn’t made for people like me,” Shiminenge says, his voice firm despite the weight of the words. In Gbajimba, in north-central Nigeria, the 32-year-old lives daily in a camp for internally displaced people that offers little space, security or accessibility for people with disabilities. Around her, tents stretch out

New modeling shows that if program coverage halves, an additional 1.1 million children could contract HIV and 820,000 more could die from AIDS-related causes by 2040, bringing the total toll among children to three million infections and 1.8 million deaths. Even maintaining current service levels would still result in 1.9 million new infections and 990,000