The World Health Organization is the directing and coordinating authority on international health within the United Nations system. The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the ...

The World Health Organization has released a report this week saying a new sublineage of the SARS-Cov-2 Omicron variant has already been detected in 57 countries. According to some researchers ...

LP.8.1, a descendant of Omicron, is driving a growing proportion of COVID infections in Australia and elsewhere.

Given the fast spread of the newest Omicron variant of Covid 19, countries should require air passengers to wear masks on long-haul flights, the World Health Organization (WHO) has officially ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, headquartered in ...

LP.8.1 was first detected in July 2024. It’s a descendant of Omicron, specifically of KP.1.1.3, which is descended from JN.1, a subvariant that caused large waves of COVID infections around the world ...

The World Health Organization (WHO ... 1 variant is now the most prominent in the world and added JN.1 is an omicron variant, so current vaccines should still provide some protection.

President Donald Trump's decision to exit the World Health Organization means the U.N. agency is losing its biggest funder.

One of the first actions of the new Trump administration was to withdraw from the World Health Organization. Many public health advocates quickly raised alarm bells, citing longstanding arguments ...

The World Health Organization is the international body responsible for public health. Known as the WHO, it is part of the United Nations and was established in 1948. It is involved in many ...

Children under five constituted more than 40% of the cases reported in Europe and Central Asia last year. HIV treatments and other services have been disrupted, says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.