World Health Organization

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy declared gun violence a public health crisis Tuesday in a 39-page advisory. What Happened: Murthy is imploring the nation to confront the issue with the same effort put toward reducing deaths and injuries from tobacco and motor vehicle accidents. He also...

The World Health Organization has confirmed the first human death from a previously unseen strain of bird flu, H5N2, in Mexico. What Happened: The WHO announced on Thursday that a man in Mexico fell victim to a new strain of bird flu, H5N2. This strain is distinct from the H5N1 strain, which has...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) praised the courage of Slovakia’s Prime Minister, Robert Fico, following an assassination attempt, in relation to his stance on the World Health Organization and COVID-19 vaccinations. What Happened: On Wednesday, Greene took to X, formerly Twitter, to...

Taiwan said that its participation in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) annual assembly is uncertain, despite the United States’ support. What Happened: Taiwan’s Foreign Minister, Joseph Wu, recently voiced the island’s desire for increased international support for its...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned that the increasing global obesity crisis, which now affects over a billion people, cannot be resolved by the use of obesity medications alone. What Happened: The WHO has warned that the use of effective and popular obesity medications will not be...

In a bid to combat the escalating issue of global noise pollution, Silencio Network has integrated with the peaq blockchain ecosystem, bringing over 35,000 smartphones into play as noise sensors. Spanning 176 countries, these devices form part of Silencio's decentralized physical...

The World Health Organization (WHO), on Wednesday, announced that aspartame — a key ingredient in Diet Coke that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump are known to guzzle — could potentially cause cancer. The decision was keenly awaited since last month. What Happened: The WHO...

  An upcoming major decision from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the use of aspartame could potentially pose challenges for leading food and beverage companies. One of the biggest companies impacted could be Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), which has been selling beverages since 1886. What...

After taking over Twitter last year, Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk on Sunday expressed his willingness to "buy" the World Health Organization (WHO). What Happened: Musk, over the weekend, responded to an unusual request from an entrepreneur named Dr. Eli David on Twitter, asking if the billionaire could...

Former President Donald Trump on Friday congratulated dictator Kim Jong Un after North Korea was elected to serve on the World Health Organization's (WHO) executive board. What Happened: On his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump misspelled the name of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un...

Bill Gates has touched on what he described as one of mankind's "most important achievements" in history. What Happened: The billionaire tweeted on a day when the 33rd World Health Assembly declared the planet free of Smallpox back in May 1980. Eradicating smallpox was hard, but it was also one...

Chelsea Clinton is teaming up with organizations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization, or WHO, and UNICEF in her target to achieve the biggest “childhood immunization effort ever.” What Happened: Clinton, who serves as the vice chair of the...

For the first time World Health Organization is reportedly considering adding obesity drugs to its "essential medicines list," used to guide government purchasing decisions in low- and middle-income countries, the U.N. agency. A panel of advisers to the WHO will review new requests for...

President Xi Jinping-led administration in China declared a “decisive victory” over COVID-19 after abruptly ending curbs in December.  What Happened: China’s Politburo Standing Committee, in a meeting on Thursday, said, “With continuous efforts to optimize COVID-19...

The dozens of kids' death in Gambia due to kidney injuries may have links to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer. In July, medical officers in Gambia raised the alarm after several cases of acute kidney injury among children under five were detected, three to...