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WHO says low taxes are making sugary drinks, alcohol more affordable

The WHO has called for higher taxes on alcohol and sugar-sweetened drinks multiple times in recent years.

Over 1,000 patients have died awaiting evacuation from Gaza since July 2024: WHO

Chief of World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is calling for more countries to take in patients from Gaza and for medical evacuation to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, to be restored.

Ancient cures and AI: WHO seeks evidence for traditional medicine

WHO reaffirms no link between vaccines and autism

The World Health Organization's vaccine safety committee said new reviews found no link between vaccines and autism.

National Gallery Singapore is Asia’s first Healing Arts Centre of Excellence

The Calm Room is a dedicated space where visitors can rest if they are feeling overstimulated.

Kennedy vaccine advisers ‘turned back the clock’ on disease prevention, say experts

The advisers, many of whom share Mr Kennedy’s anti-vaccine views, provided no evidence of new harms from the shot.

Malaria deaths up in 2024, funding cuts risk surge, WHO says

In 2020, disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic led to a sharp increase in malaria-related mortality, with an additional 55,000 deaths counted that year.

Child deaths will rise in 2025 as aid cuts reverse progress, says Gates

FILE PHOTO: A child suffering from diphtheria rests inside a ward at De Martino Public Hospital, following a diphtheria outbreak, in Mogadishu, Somalia August 13, 2025. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

WHO issues unprecedented global guidelines to combat infertility

The guide sets out 40 recommendations and calls for the integration of fertility in national health funding, services and strategies.

World Health Organization aims to vaccinate 40,000 children in Gaza Strip

The WHO and its partners have already vaccinated over 10,000 children under the age of three in the first eight days of a Gaza Strip campaign.

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