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May 18, 2026 9:52 AM
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization, after 80 deaths were attributed to the disease. The WHO said the outbreak, caused...
May 17, 2026 12:01 PM
The World Health Organization on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a "public health emergency of international concern", posing risks to neighbouring countries. The WHO said the outbreak, caused by th...
May 15, 2026 3:03 PM
The World Health Organization on Friday urged governments to do more to control the sale of nicotine pouches, warning that the highly addictive products were being "aggressively marketed" in ways that particularly appealed to younger people. Pouches...
February 10, 2026 5:07 PM
India’s doctor-population ratio has improved to 1:811, surpassing the World Health Organization (WHO) benchmark of 1:1000, according to data shared by the Union government in Parliament on Tuesday. In a written reply to Rajya Sabha, Union Minister...
February 5, 2026 10:16 AM
The New York City Health Department on Wednesday said it has joined the World Health Organization’s global outbreak response network following President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the U.S. from the U.N. health agency. WHY’S IMPORTANT Follow...
January 23, 2026 3:56 PM
The United States officially left the World Health Organization on Thursday after a year of warnings that doing so would hurt public health in the U.S. and globally, saying its decision reflected failures in the U.N. health agency's management of the...
January 2, 2026 4:14 PM
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, J. P. Nadda, on Friday released the 10th edition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP 2026), marking a major step in strengthening India’s pharmaceutical quality and regulatory ...
December 22, 2025 5:57 PM
The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Ayush, held a two-day technical project meeting in New Delhi to advance the integration of traditional medicine systems into global health intervention standards. The meeting...
December 16, 2025 3:21 PM
As traditional medicine reclaims its place in global health discourse, the country stands at the forefront of this transformation, as its rich wealth of traditional knowledge, powered by modern regulation, digital systems and scientific rigour, marks...
December 2, 2025 3:45 PM
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday issued global guidelines recommending GLP-1 drugs for the long-term treatment of obesity. According to the WHO, this disease affects more than 1 billion people worldwide. The decision comes at a time when...
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