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WHO alarmed by millions of kids without vax

The World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region expressed alarm on Friday as the number of unvaccinated children in the region reached one million. “The...

Pay hike for medical workers

Medical workers stage protest actions at UN Avenue in Manila to call for an increase in their basic pay and other health benefits during...

Measles cases rose 79 percent globally last year—WHO

Geneva, Switzerland—The World Health Organization voiced alarm Tuesday at the rapid spread of measles, with more than 306,000 cases reported worldwide last year—a 79-percent...

Regulators should clamp down on marketing e-cigarettes in PH

"Selling and promoting them to minors without the prescribed health warning is equally irresponsible." Selling vapes and other forms of electronic cigarettes to the youth...

World leaders given treaty jolt on Covid anniversary

Geneva, Switzerland—Wavering world leaders were told Tuesday to speed up efforts to agree a global treaty on avoiding a new pandemic catastrophe—four years to...

Tobacco smoking drops

The number of people using tobacco continues to decline despite industry attempts to jeopardize progress towards stamping out cigarettes and other such products, the...

Israel PM says no peace until Hamas destroyed

By Adel Zaanoun with Ilan Ben Zion in Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted peace can only be achieved in Gaza if Hamas...

WHO reports four billion at risk of dengue virus

About four billion people are at risk of becoming infected with the dengue virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned over the weekend. Diana Rojas...

UN Security Council demands ‘urgent, at scale’ aid for Gaza

The UN Security Council on Friday demanded aid be rushed to Gaza “at scale” as the head of the World Health Organization warned of...

WHO urges immediate humanitarian aid for Gaza

Geneva, Switzerland - The World Health Organization's executive board on Sunday adopted a resolution on tackling the worsening health situation in the Gaza Strip, calling...

The climate crisis is also a health crisis—WHO official

Health has made it onto the agenda of a UN climate conference, and health advocates at COP28 in Dubai last week said the topic...

WHO members urge Israel to protect humanitarian workers

More than a dozen member states of the World Health Organization submitted a draft resolution on Friday that urged Israel to respect its obligations...

WHO voices concern over fate of Gaza hospital chief

The World Health Organization on Friday voiced concern over the fate of the head of Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital, whom Israeli forces detained over...

WHO advises people in China to take measures amid respiratory illness spike

The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged China's population to "follow measures to reduce the risk of respiratory illness" and asked authorities for more...
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