Rebecca Stafford

The WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, called for the meeting last Wednesday to seek advice on whether the mpox – previously monkeypox – outbreaks are cause for international concern. On Tuesday,...

“Extreme heat is increasing, disrupting children’s health, wellbeing and daily routines,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.The study compared averages in the 1960s with the period 2020-2024, measuring the days which exceeded 35 degrees...

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox virus particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory.Bsip | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesLONDON — Shares of Danish...

The outbreak that affected the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and spread to neighbouring countries continues to grow.On Thursday afternoon, WHO member Sweden became the first country outside Africa...

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris walk out together, at an event on Medicare drug price negotiations, in Prince George's County, Maryland, U.S., August 15, 2024. Ken Cedeno...

Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2022.Anna Moneymaker | Getty...

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In an update, the WHO said that an outbreak of mpox was declared in Burundi on 25 July, at around the same time that Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda also confirmed...

Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsThe direct-to-consumer health-care startup Ro launched a new free tool Tuesday to help patients determine whether their insurance covers a buzzy class of weight loss and...

Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, US' Kenneth Bednarek and US' Noah Lyles cross the finish line to finish first, second and third respectively in the men's 200m final of the athletics event...