Health
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Childhood vaccination rate increases slightly, but millions remain unprotected
Global childhood immunization programmes continued to recover in 2025, but conflict, poverty and growing vaccine hesitancy are still leaving millions…
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World Cup football’s other goal: Helping young people talk about mental health
When Dr. Sahira Al Nahari founded Shifā Art, a Saudi Arabia-based organization using art to create conversations around mental health,…
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Taking the world’s temperature: WHO chief spotlights global health emergencies
The hantavirus global outbreak is officially over, Ebola outbreaks are growing in Africa and responders are helping recovery efforts in…
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New WHO plan urges stronger action against fungal disease
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published new guidance to help countries confront the rising burden of fungal disease and…
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Deaths in US immigration custody must be investigated: UN rights chief
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday called for stronger independent oversight of the United States immigration…
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Lives at risk in DR Congo as Ebola outbreak continues to outpace response
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to spread faster than aid efforts can keep…
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World at ‘perilous moment’ as leaders warn HIV gains are at risk
Four decades after AIDS first emerged as a global crisis, world leaders, advocates and community representatives gathered at UN Headquarters…
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Ebola in DR Congo: One month on, scaled up response remains insufficient
One month after the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, case…
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WHO commends Uganda’s Ebola response, urges vigilance and regional cooperation
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has praised Uganda’s response to an Ebola outbreak that has spread from…
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Women and girls caught up in Yemen’s ‘forgotten crisis’ bear the heaviest toll as funding falls
Yemen remains gripped by one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with 22 million – out of a population of…
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