The World Health Organization has launched a bold push encouraging the world's countries to hike taxes on alcohol, sugary drinks and tobacco by 50% over the next decade. On Tuesday, WHO unveiled its ...

Her family couldn't get treatment for Sohan in Libya so they decided to dare the oft-deadly, illicit journey by boat to Italy in search of help on June 25. They demanded access to medication and the ...

Photos of the Vietnamese capital, home to almost 9 million people, show the environmental cost of the Southeast Asian ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today has launched a major new initiative urging countries to raise real prices on ...

As public budgets shrink and private money increasingly flows into the health space, what is needed now is a coordinated, ...

Multiple studies have estimated millions will die annually as a result of the Trump Administration’s closure of the ...

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. A pack of cigarettes in Laos costs as little as 32 U.S. cents, ...

The U.S. will no longer contribute funding to Gavi, a global alliance that helps buy vaccines for the world's poorest ...

A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official says the US decision to halt aid programmes, coupled with European ...

Commission on Social Connection has released its global report revealing that 1 in 6 people worldwide is affected by ...

During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I ...

As part of its continued support to Sierra Leone’s health sector, the World Health Organization (WHO) has donated essential ...