Officials Hope To Use Ebola To Build Africa's Health Care Capabilities
In the short term, the disease is a tragedy for affected West African nations. In the long term, it could result in better hospitals and clinics and a well-trained cadre of community health workers.
View ArticleU.N. Reports More Than 7,000 Ebola Deaths Since March
The World Health Organization has added nearly 400 more deaths from the current outbreak since its last report earlier this week.
View Article14 Takeaways From The 14-Part WHO Report On Ebola
Angry mobs that targeted health workers. A single funeral that infected 365 people. No isolation wards in Liberia. These are some of the striking points in WHO's new analysis.
View ArticleCritics Say Ebola Crisis Was WHO's Big Failure. Will Reform Follow?
The World Health Organization failed to respond quickly and effectively to the outbreak in West Africa. Now the agency is proposing a new structure. But change could prove difficult.
View ArticleWHO Calls For $100 Million Emergency Fund, Doctor 'SWAT Team'
The World Health Organization isn't ready for the next pandemic or international health crisis, so the agency's leader is calling for major reforms. But will the changes be enough?
View ArticleClasses Canceled, 1,300 Quarantined In S. Korea's Scramble To Stop MERS
Additional confirmed cases of the Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, have led to more than 200 school closures and a minor public panic in South Korea.
View ArticleTransgender Women Face Inadequate Health Care, 'Shocking' HIV Rates
A new World Health Organization study finds alarmingly high rates of HIV infection among transgender women. One of the researchers notes that the numbers are rooted in rampant discrimination.
View ArticleSierra Leone's Last Ebola Patient Released, But Nation Not Yet 'Ebola-Free'
The country celebrates but the World Health Organization says it must go six weeks without a new case before the nation can be declared virus-free.
View ArticleDon't Take A Deep Breath: Outdoor Pollution Kills 3.3 Million A Year
Even the combined deaths from HIV/AIDS and malaria isn't quite as devastating. The culprits are the usual suspects, like cars and industry, but also cookstoves and ... manure?
View ArticleYemen Has A Glimmer Of Hope Amid War, Malnutrition, Malaria
Tuesday's cease-fire offers a sliver of peace, but civilians are continuing to feel the effects of the protracted fighting.
View ArticleA Cause For Cautious Celebration: Guinea Is Ebola-Free
After two years and over 2,500 deaths, the country's epidemic has officially ended, the World Health Organization says. Health groups will be watching to ensure the virus doesn't re-emerge.
View ArticleGlobal Health Forecast For 2016: Which Diseases Will Rise ... Or Fall?
What will be the big stories of 2016? Four experts offer their best guesses. They worry about Zika virus and malaria. But not all their predictions are downers.
View ArticleWest Africa Is Finally Declared Ebola-Free — For Now
For the first time since the most recent Ebola outbreak began, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have each reported zero cases of Ebola for 42 days in a row. But the risk of small flare-ups remains.
View ArticlePuerto Rico Health Official 'Very Concerned' About Zika's Spread
An epidemiologist says the island has been lucky so far, but needs to stop the virus at its source — where mosquitoes breed.
View ArticleWHO: Birth Defect Linked To Zika Virus Is 'Public Health Emergency'
The concern is not the virus itself but the cluster of brain-damaged babies born to pregnant women who had been infected with the mosquito-borne disease.
View ArticleZika Is Linked To Microcephaly, Health Agencies Confirm
Scientists say research has establish a connection between Zika and microcephaly. More research is needed to establish how much danger a fetus is in if a pregnant woman becomes infected.
View ArticleWHO's Stern Warning: The World 'Is Not Prepared To Cope' With Pandemics
Dr. Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organization, offered congratulations for victories on the health front — and words of serious concern about the future.
View ArticleWHO Aims To Reform Itself But Health Experts Aren't Yet Impressed
The health agency is making changes so it can get boots on the ground if a pandemic strikes. But critics say it hasn't gone far enough.
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Syrian Conjoined Twins Evacuated From Embattled Rebel Stronghold
Conjoined twin boys Moaz and Nawras have been evacuated out of one of Syria's most embattled areas for urgent medical treatment, following an international appeal to save their lives.
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Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn
The World Health Organization released new treatment guidelines that acknowledge an entire class of antibiotics is now all but useless against the sexually transmitted disease.
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