World News in Brief: UNICEF mpox response in DR Congo, ‘unprecedented’ threat to Sudan’s...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded more than 21,000 suspected cases of the viral disease, including over 5,000 confirmed cases and...
World News in Brief: Conflict in DR Congo, Europe’s ‘cradle to cane’ crisis, millions...
In an alert on Tuesday, UN aid coordinators OCHA said that six humanitarian workers have been killed since January – the latest victim was...
New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response
UNAIDS said that at least one status report on the impact of cuts has been received from 55 different countries up to the start...
Can traditional medicine strengthen modern healthcare? An expert weighs in
Exploring evidence-based uses of traditional medicine, like ginger to treat nausea, is one of the topics at the second World Health Organization (WHO) summit dedicated to traditional, complementary and integrative...
Packed with promise: Wisam’s journey back to school in Sudan
Despite the noise and bustle of classmates packing up, nine-year-old Wisam is focused on the picture she is bringing to life from her desk....
Stolen Past: Inside the fight against illicit antiquities trafficking
Last year alone, more than 37,000 cultural objects – including archaeological artifacts, works of art, coins, and musical instruments – were seized during an...
Gaza: 57 children reported dead from malnutrition, says WHO
Since the aid blockade began on 2 March, 57 children have reportedly died from the effects of malnutrition, according to the Ministry of Health.If...
Gaza: UN envoy condemns deadly strike on camp in humanitarian zone
Thousands of displaced Palestinians were staying in the camp in Khan Younis, and at least 19 people were killed, according to latest media reports.
‘Nowhere...
UNICEF renews school protection call in Ukraine amid ‘deadly reality’ of attacks
John Marks, interim UNICEF Representative in Ukraine, issued a renewed appeal for schools to be protected as war rages on.“During the first week of...
Gaza: 160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza
UN agencies and partners in the Strip will continue to vaccinate “as many Gazan children as possible” during the agreed humanitarian pauses, before moving...
Breathless in Gaza: Health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel
Um Muhammad al-Masri, displaced from the northern town of Beit Hanoun, never lets go of her asthma inhaler. She says she would die without...
World Health Day: Focusing on women’s physical and mental health around the world
Close to 300,000 women continue to die during pregnancy or childbirth each year. More than two million babies die in their first month of...
DR Congo: WHO tracks deadly mysterious illness
In recent months, disease surveillance has identified increases in cases and fatalities on three occasions across different areas of the country, which triggered follow-up...
Antibiotic resistance surges globally, UN health agency warns
According to the agency’s latest surveillance report, antibiotic resistance rose in more than 40 per cent of the bacteria-drug combinations tracked between 2018 and...
Desks become beds as Haitian school shelters people displaced by violence
The classrooms at Anténor Firmin school in Hinche in central Haiti are no longer studiously quiet.Once a place of learning, it now echoes with...
Level of unprotected teenage sex ‘worryingly high’, WHO finds
This is putting young people at greater risk of sexually transmitted infections, unsafe abortions and unplanned pregnancies.
The new data was published as part of...
Climate emergency is a health crisis ‘that is already killing us,’ says WHO
Europe is warming faster than any other WHO region, and the impact on people’s health is growing more severe. From rising death rates to...
World News in Brief: Gaza and Nicaragua human rights update, WHO hypertension alert and...
The damaged facilities include nine schools and two health centres sheltering more than 11,000 people. At least five displaced people were injured and UNRWA’s...
Can a turbulence breakthrough end the universe-origin struggle?
Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com).
For many centuries, turbulence has been viewed as one of the unsolved problems in science. Until today, many unanswered questions remain...
From Declaration to action: Antimicrobial resistance initiatives center stage at Jeddah conference
Concerned parties from around the world gathered on Thursday at the Ritz-Carlton in the Red Sea city ahead of the 4th Global Ministerial Conference...
Gaza: Polio vaccination campaign moves to southern areas
The campaign moved to southern areas of the Gaza Strip following the successful completion of the first phase in the centre of the enclave,...
Reject bigotry and discrimination, UN chief says, urging everyone to combat Islamophobia
In a message marking Saturday’s International Day to Combat Islamophobia, Secretary-General António Guterres warned of racial profiling and discriminatory policies that violate human rights...
UNICEF condemns looting of lifesaving supplies for children in Sudan
The attack on one of the last operational hospitals in the area further deepened the ongoing humanitarian crisis sparked by the civil war between...
Flavoured nicotine products driving youth addiction, WHO warns
This is especially true among youth users: it’s one of the main reasons young people experiment with tobacco or nicotine products in the first...
