Mpox can spread through close contact with an infected person such as skin-to-skin touching or cuts, sexual activity, mouth-to-mouth contact, or breathing in infectious respiratory particles.

The World Health Organization has declared mpox, an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a global health emergency following a surge of cases in Africa, officials announced Wednesday.

Graphics explain: Peak global population is approaching ... a professor of family and reproductive health at Johns Hopkins University, previously interviewed by USA TODAY. The birth rate decreased ...

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How lessons learned from COVID are preparing the world for future health threats The State Department is putting lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic into action. The Bureau of Global ...

On June 1, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) ushered in a new era of global health security with the adoption of the updated International Health Regulations (IHR). These regulations ...

The surveys collected data in 90 low- and middle-income nations, which then used the information to set health benchmarks at the local, national and global levels, including the 2030 Sustainable ...