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WHO Asks Russia for More Information About Death of Plague Unit Employee
Outbreaks
The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked the Russian government for more information about the death of an employee at a ...
Less Than 1% of International Development Finance Targets Air Pollution
Air Pollution
International development lenders committed $4.7 billion in 2024 to projects aimed explicitly at reducing air pollution, less than 1% of all ...
GLP-1 Drugs? Surgery? WHO Issues Guidelines for Obesity in Children
Child & adolescent health
The World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever guidelines to address how clinicians should manage obesity in children and adolescents, which ...
Extreme Heat Is Making Pregnancy More Dangerous for Mothers and Newborns
Health & Environment
Nearly three in four maternal healthcare workers say extreme heat-related complications among pregnant women have increased over the past five years, ...
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The Health Case for Investment in Clean Air in Africa 
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COVID-19 Drops Out of World’s Top 10 Causes of Death for First Time Since Pandemic Began
COVID-19 dropped out of the world’s 10 leading causes of death in 2023 for the first time since the pandemic ...
02/10/2026
Conflict May Explain Drop in Ebola Cases, as Amnesty Documents M23 ‘Abuses’ in DRC
The security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be behind the significant decline in Ebola cases over ...
01/10/2026
Renewed Fighting in Yemen Brings Increased Cholera, Measles and Dengue
Thousands of people displaced by conflict in Yemen are at risk of cholera, measles, malaria and dengue as the El ...
29/09/2026
The Health Case for Investment in Clean Air in Africa 
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BREAKING: China Has Nominated Candidate for WHO Director General Whose Name Remains Undisclosed
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Health Crisis Looms for Zimbabwe Following US Withdrawal of Aid
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Reclaiming ‘Health Sovereignty’: EU Gastein Forum Confronts a Fragmenting Global Order
European Health Forum - Gastein
DRC’s Ebola Outbreak: The Vast Mobilisation That Doesn’t Measure Itself (Part II)
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Africa
Eastern Mediterranean
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North America
South-East Asia
Western Pacific
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BREAKING: China Has Nominated Candidate for WHO Director General Whose Name Remains Undisclosed
WHO 2027 Election
Health Crisis Looms for Zimbabwe Following US Withdrawal of Aid
Humanitarian Crises
Reclaiming ‘Health Sovereignty’: EU Gastein Forum Confronts a Fragmenting Global Order
European Health Forum - Gastein
DRC’s Ebola Outbreak: The Vast Mobilisation That Doesn’t Measure Itself (Part II)
Vital Signs in Global Health
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