World Health Organization

Coal plants in the western Balkans led to 19,000 deaths over the past three years, more than half were in the EU.

Number of people with dementia is set to rise 40 percent to 78 million by 2030, UN health agency says.

At least 540 million doses are required to vaccinate at least 60 percent of people in Latin America and the Caribbean.

International donors including the World Bank and European Union froze funding shortly after Taliban takeover.

Intelligence agencies fail to shed light on whether virus came from an infected animal or a Chinese laboratory.

Africa CDC head says less than 3 percent of continent’s population have been vaccinated and blames vaccine inequality.

Ghebreyesus ‘disappointed’ as some countries stockpile vaccines while others struggle to administer first doses.

Israelis flouting mask requirements may have been a main contributor to the rapid spread of the Delta variant in Israel.

New scientific group would provide the WHO with an independent analysis and guidance on next steps in the probe.

Cases have been reported in far west of New South Wales in Aboriginal communities already suffering from poor health.

Ivory Coast’s first Ebola case since 1994 was discovered over the weekend in an 18-year-old Guinean woman.

Health minister says a young woman who travelled to Abidjan from neighbouring Guinea has tested positive for Ebola.

Anger continues to mount over how the pandemic has been handled in Iran as vaccination efforts progress slowly.

Head WHO mission probing pandemic origins says virus may have started with a Wuhan lab staffer becoming infected.