The World Health Organization has launched a bold push encouraging the world's countries to hike taxes on alcohol, sugary drinks and tobacco by 50% over the next decade. On Tuesday, WHO unveiled its ...

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. A pack of cigarettes in Laos costs ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today has launched a major new initiative urging countries to raise real prices on ...

The WHO believes tax hikes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks could prevent 50 million premature deaths over the next ...

Israeli airstrikes killed 15 Palestinians in Gaza early on Friday, while a hospital said another 20 people died in ...

WHO declares global COVID emergency over 03:39. The World Health Organization announced Friday it would declare an end to the global COVID-19 emergency, urging countries to begin transitioning ...

President Trump’s executive order for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization could greatly impact the nation’s ability to track and respond to global disease threats.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. There are 118,000 cases, more than 4,000 deaths, the agency said, and the virus has found a foothold ...

Why does Trump want to withdraw? Trump first tried to exit WHO during his first term in 2020, accusing the organization of “severely mismanaging and covering up” the spread of Covid-19.

World Health Organization responds to a critical First Opinion. There are other signs of an organization with deep cultural problems. Early in the Covid pandemic, the WHO denied that the virus ...

As one of his first acts as president, Joe Biden Wednesday halted the U.S. departure from the World Health Organization and joined a multilateral vaccine distribution initiative, cementing U.S ...

The World Health Organization turns 75 today. Forged in the years following World War II, many hoped people would finally work together to eradicate some of the world's worst diseases.