Tanzanian President Samia Sululu Hassan confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus after its health ministry had previously denied the spread.

The interim director of the World Health Organization’s Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Threat Management responds to a recent critical op-ed published in STAT.

President Trump has used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization for the second time in less than five years.

The World Health Organisation has reacted to President Donald Trump's decision to eliminate US membership of the United Nations health agency.

When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative.

The World Health Organization leader worked with Carter for 20 years to fight the world's "neglected" diseases. After attending Carter's funeral, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared memories.

(From left: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP; David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images) The late President Jimmy Carter and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus — the director-general of the World Health Organization ...

Public health experts say there could be massive implications after President Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization.

Soon after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing his country from the World Health Organization (WHO), the specialized UN agency responsible for global public health on Tuesday said it regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the organization.

The World Health Organization said it regretted President Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the body, after he signed an executive order that said the body mishandled the pandemic and needed reform.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep regret over President Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the organization. Thi