World Health Organization Is Making a Power Grab—and Biden Is Enabling It
The World Health Organization wants the power to run the world. In three weeks, it will make its bid for global control.
Air quality data reveals most polluted major US cities in 2023
Columbus, Ohio, was the most polluted major U.S. city for the second year running.
Fact check: Was WHO director-general filmed partying in skimpy outfit?
The World Health Organization's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was said to have been filmed in a bar wearing revealing attire.
What is 'Disease X'? World leaders discuss next pandemic risk
A senior healthcare executive has said that preparing the global health system for another pandemic would require "close to a trillion dollars."
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Painful disease on brink of spreading, health officials warn
Rising global temperatures could push dengue fever into non-tropical regions.
Map shows where deadly mpox cases are rising as CDC issues warning
The mpox virus has been spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the CDC issues a travel health notice.
China's respiratory illness concerns explained
An uptick in respiratory illnesses among children in China has triggered investigations by health authorities.
WHO wants more answers from China on pneumonia outbreak
A WHO official says the global health agency is looking into antibiotic resistance in China.
Doctor describes China's overwhelmed hospitals: "verge of collapse"
Hospital staff in northern China recount long, harrowing shifts amid a surge in respiratory illnesses.
Map shows countries where pneumonia cases are rising after China outbreak
The Netherlands has reported an increase in pneumonia cases, particularly among children.
How China's COVID restrictions led to disease rampage: "immunity gap"
Hospitals in northern China are being overwhelmed amid a spike in respiratory infections, especially among children.
Countries prepare for China's pneumonia outbreak to spread
Many parts of China have been hit by the surprising surge in the illness that has particularly impacted children.
China's neighbor on 'high alert' amid major disease outbreak
Taiwan has recommended being up-to-date on vaccinations before visiting China and asked arrivals from China to report symptoms of mycoplasma pneumonia.
How China's pneumonia outbreak compares to COVID pandemic origins
"This is not an indication of a novel pathogen," the World Health Organization's Maria Van Kerkhove said of a recent spike in respiratory illnesses in China.
China's COVID trauma returns as hazmat workers disinfect streets
Netizens have wondered aloud whether the ongoing wave of respiratory illnesses will usher in a new lockdown.
Map shows spread of pneumonia outbreak across China
Northern China is the hardest-hit region in the ongoing wave of respiratory illnesses.
U.S. envoy tells China to stop "COVID deception" over pneumonia outbreak
Beijing has told the WHO the respiratory illnesses surging across China are not caused by a new pathogen.
Chinese hospitals overloaded as pneumonia rampages
The WHO says China's health authorities have assured it no novel pathogen is to blame.
China pneumonia update as WHO raises questions about mystery illness
Chinese authorities said during a press conference that the increase could be attributed to the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions
Illness spreading in China sparks fears of COVID-style lockdowns
Social media users are worrying that another lockdown is in sight after an uptick in pneumonia was reported in China.
China's child pneumonia outbreak sparks global fears: "Eerily familiar"
The WHO intimated that officials were not sharing information on the outbreak, which some saw as reminiscent of the early days of the pandemic.
Mystery pneumonia is spreading in China
The WHO has asked China for clinical data and lab results from patients from the rapidly growing infection clusters in northern China.
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States most at risk for painful breakbone fever
A California resident was diagnosed with the first locally acquired case of dengue virus last week.
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Dr. Vanessa Kerry prescribes climate solutions to save lives and cut carbon
As the WHO's first Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health, Dr. Kerry is working to raise awareness about how the climate crisis impacts public health.
Scientists raise alarm as more cats die from avian flu
In the first cases of H5N1 bird flu detected in cats in the country for seven years, two cats have died from the virus in South Korea.
Is diet soda safe or not? Understanding the latest news on aspartame
Aspartame has been classified as "possibly carcinogenic" by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. What does this mean for you?
Woman drowns after jumping into a river to see if her dog will save her
The woman was washed downriver after getting into the water, and found dead by a rescue team later that day.
California prisons struggle to process inmates' gender-affirming surgery
Since 2017, only 20 inmates in the state have undergone gender-affirming care, according to a report from CalMatters.
Deadly hemorrhagic virus spreading to new countries, scientists warn
"Some tick-borne infections, so Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, are highly likely to spread in the U.K.," one disease scientist said.
North Korea's new power at WHO sparks outrage
The World Health Organization is under increasing scrutiny following its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with some demanding organizational reform.