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 ...

FRONTLINE and our partners have been covering the pandemic and its fallout in the U.S. and around the world since COVID-19 broke out. Revisit our reporting.

Slashing tuberculosis aid could endanger millions of lives abroad, health authorities say, with potential consequences for ...

World Health Organization statistics reveal that the impact of low nutrition-related diseases accounts for 73% of all deaths and 60% of the global disease burden. As individuals are increasingly ...

The World Bank and the World Health Organization with input from several agencies and countries have developed a Global Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Scaling Up Investment Plan. The ...

Annual revisions from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics offer a clearer picture of where healthcare jobs were added and ...

Australians have one of the highest rates of breast cancer diagnoses in the world, according to new data that looked at global breast cancer incidence and death rates in 185 countries. The incidence ...

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 ...

HIV treatments and other services have been disrupted, says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Argentina says it objects to the way the international health body handled the Covid-19 pandemic.