The World Health Organization (WHO) and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have commenced distribution of critically-needed childhood cancer medicines in 2 of 6 pilot countries, through the Global ...

Henipaviruses can infect many animals, including bats, horses, monkeys, dogs, cats and even rodents. This means they are more ...

About 93% of people worldwide who struggle with mental health or substance abuse issues aren't getting adequate care, ...

The World Health Organization launched on Tuesday a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging ...

A cholera outbreak in Angola has killed at least 108 people since the start of the year, the health ministry said Tuesday, ...

Americans have a salt problem, consuming much more than the body needs for nerve and muscle function and maintaining a proper ...

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to nine from three, the country's health ministry said.

With the benefit of hindsight today, the Washington Consensus was valuable in the sense that it was a consensus, it ...

The U.S. Agency for International Development was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world — ...

President Donald Trump wants to end "reliance on junk science." But the order itself includes claims about gender-affirming care that clash with leading medical research and practice.

Gordon Brown wants to reassure the Trump administration that a revamped organization could serve US and global interests.

Emboldened by his reelection and with help from presidential friend Elon Musk, Trump has unleashed his signature chaos by ...