World Health Organization

WHO has issued a new guideline recommending against the use of non-sugar sweeteners to lose weight, as available evidence suggests it “does not confer any long-term benefit in reducing body fat in adults or children,” the organization said.

WHO this week ended the public health emergency of international concern declared last year for the global mpox outbreak.

WHO said Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic no longer constitutes a global public health emergency of international concern, citing reduced risks to human health driven by high population-level immunity and vaccination.

A WHO official speaking at the St. Jude/PIDS Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Conference encouraged health care communities to “reach the children being left behind.”

A 15-year-old girl in Chad has a one in 15 chance of dying related to pregnancy.

A pregnancy- or childbirth-related death occurred once every 2 minutes in 2020, marking significant shortcomings in women’s health over the last several years, according to a new report developed by United Nations agencies.

Since April 2022, more than 1,300 children in 35 countries have developed acute severe hepatitis of unknown etiology, with the United States and the United Kingdom accounting for 65% of global cases, according to recent WHO data.

Fewer than 20% of adults and adolescents around the world meet WHO’s physical activity guidelines, according to researchers.

WHO on Monday announced it will start using the term ”mpox” to refer to monkeypox disease, citing “racist and stigmatizing language” used during this year’s global outbreak as a reason.

An early spike in influenza cases in Chile and other countries in the Southern Hemisphere could serve as a warning for the rest of the world, according to experts.