Study finds differences between brains of girls, boys with autism Girls with autism differ in several brain centers compared with boys with the disorder, suggesting […]
Conferences
U.S. EPA and World Health Organization Partner to Protect Public Health
Agreement recognizes the increased environmental and public health risks from the warming global climate and prioritizes environmental justice This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
WHO Virtual Press Conference on COVID-19 and other global health issues, 18 January
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 — 18 January 2022 The volcanic eruption near Tonga and subsequent tsunami requires an urgent […]
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the press conference – 29 December 2021
Early on we worked out that beating this new health threat would require three things: Science. Solutions. Solidarity. While there were 1.8 million recorded deaths […]
More than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to health care costs
COVID-19 pandemic disrupts health services worldwide New evidence compiled by the World Health Organization and the World Bank shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely […]
Countries with regulations protecting people from industrially produced trans fat tripled over the past year
WHO report reveals people in high-income countries are protected by policies on trans fat elimination, but low-income countries are being left behind Forty countries now […]
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the USAID Development Ministerial on COVID-19
Your Excellency Ambassador Power, Dr Rochelle Walensky, Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Let me begin by thanking you, Administrator Power, and the United States government, […]
Statement Tripartite and UNEP support OHHLEP’s definition of “One Health”
Joint Tripartite (FAO, OIE, WHO) and UNEP Statement The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), […]
World Health Assembly agrees to launch process to develop historic global accord on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
In a consensus decision aimed at protecting the world from future infectious diseases crises, the World Health Assembly today agreed to kickstart a global process […]
EU selects Tada Medical to boost investment into the healthcare sector
We are very pleased to announce that Tada Medical has recently raised an investment in the form of a €700,000 convertible loan from the European […]
Xinhua Silk Road: 52nd Zhangshu National Traditional Chinese Materia Medica Trade Fair kicks off in E. China’s Jiangxi
The 52nd Zhangshu National Traditional Chinese Materia Medica Trade Fair opened in Zhangshu, a country-level city in east China’s Jiangxi Province on Saturday. More than 8,800 […]