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Study: Antibiotics After Assisted Birth Reduce Maternal Infections
Ashley P. Taylor | May 14, 2019 | 2 min read
Delivery guidelines should be updated to reflect these results, the authors write.
Distribution of World’s First Malaria Vaccine Begins
Shawna Williams | Apr 23, 2019 | 1 min read
The World Health Organization and its partners will test the public health effect of immunization in parts of Malawi, Ghana, and Kenya.
Ebola Outbreak Not a Global Health Emergency, Declares WHO
Chia-Yi Hou | Apr 15, 2019 | 2 min read
The agency also shares preliminary results of an Ebola vaccine trial showing that it is 97.5 percent effective at protecting from infection.
WHO Panel Calls For a Registry of Gene-Editing Research in Humans
Catherine Offord | Mar 20, 2019 | 2 min read
The advisors’ recommendations follow news of ethically dubious gene-editing work carried out by He Jiankui late last year.
A Record Year for Measles Cases in Europe
Shawna Williams | Aug 21, 2018 | 1 min read
The WHO reports more than 41,000 cases in the region in the first half of 2018.
Measles Cases On the Rise in England
Jim Daley | May 11, 2018 | 1 min read
The increase is associated with travel to Europe, where large outbreaks are occurring.
Two Ebola Cases Confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo
Shawna Williams | May 8, 2018 | 1 min read
The country’s health ministry and the World Health Organization rush to contain the new outbreak.
Plant Engineered to Produce Higher Levels of Antimalarial Compound
Catherine Offord | Apr 25, 2018 | 2 min read
Researchers used the genome sequence of Artemisia annua to boost the plant’s production of artemisinin.
European Measles Cases Quadrupled in 2017
Shawna Williams | Feb 20, 2018 | 1 min read
The increase is attributed to a drop in immunization rates.
WHO Cherry-Picked Data on Pesticide, Investigation Finds
Ashley P. Taylor | Oct 22, 2017 | 2 min read
A group evaluating glyphosate’s cancer risk omitted evidence that the chemical is not carcinogenic.
Cholera Ripping Through Yemen
Diana Kwon | Jun 8, 2017 | 2 min read
More than 100,000 cases of the bacterial disease have been reported in the war torn country.
WHO Elects New Leader
Aggie Mika | May 24, 2017 | 2 min read
Breaking norms, the World Health Organization chooses Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a non-MD from Africa, as its new director-general.
WHO Lists Antibiotic Development Priorities
Tracy Vence | Feb 27, 2017 | 2 min read
The World Health Organization outlines critical-, high-, and medium-priority antibiotic development initiatives, calling on the public and private sectors to invest in additional R&D.
Former WHO Director-General Dies
Tracy Vence | Dec 15, 2016 | 1 min read
Halfdan Mahler, the third leader of the World Health Organization, has passed away at age 93.
Evaluating WHO Director General Candidates
Tracy Vence | Oct 17, 2016 | 1 min read
Six public health experts are being considered for the World Health Organization’s top job.
Epidemiologist Who Helped Eradicate Smallpox Dies
Alison F. Takemura | Aug 22, 2016 | 2 min read
Donald Henderson, who led the World Health Organization’s fight against the disease in the 1960s and ’70s, has passed away at age 87.
Polio Reemerges in Nigeria
Jef Akst | Aug 15, 2016 | 3 min read
Prior to last week’s announcement of newly confirmed cases, the country had been polio-free for two years.
WHO: Rio Olympics Pose “Very Low Risk” of Spreading Zika
Tanya Lewis | Jun 15, 2016 | 1 min read
World Health Organization concludes the events are unlikely to worsen the viral outbreak.
WHO to People in Zika-Affected Areas: Consider Delaying Pregnancy
Tanya Lewis | Jun 10, 2016 | 2 min read
New recommendation from the World Health Organization could affect millions of people across Latin America and the Caribbean.