The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement by the World Health Assembly on 20 May 2025 was a landmark moment in global health ...

Oropouche virus poses a growing public health risk, with recent outbreaks in Brazil and Cuba. The WHO report calls for urgent ...

We read with interest the thoughtful Correspondence from François Bompart and colleagues1 expressing disappointment that the recent revisions to the Declaration of Helsinki (DoH) lacked specific and ...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have named the first World ...

Buettner set out to locate places that not only had high concentrations of individuals over 100 years old, but also clusters of people who had grown old without health problems like heart disease ...

Almost one million preterm infants die each year across low, high and middle income countries. In 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened a Guideline Development Group (GDG) to examine ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Scotland’s chief medical officer has said he is “anxious” about the US withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and what it could mean for disease surveillance. Sir Gregor Smith said the ...

Scotland’s chief medical officer has said he is “anxious” about the United States leaving the World Health Organisation (WHO). Gregor Smith and other officials discussed Scotland’s pandemic ...

India and 24 other ministers of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will hold an informal meeting here on Tuesday to discuss key pending issues before the global trade regulating body as ...

The top health authorities of the U.S. and Argentina are launching what they call an “alternative international health system” separate from the World Health Organization (WHO). On the first ...