Congo’s epidemic is the second worst ever, with 2,108 cases of Ebola and 1,411 deaths since last August. Continue reading →

More than one million people catch gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia or trichomoniasis every day, according to the World Health Organization. Continue reading →

What you need to know about trichomoniasis, a very common but curable STI worldwide. Continue reading →

Burnout has officially been added to the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases. Continue reading →

The World Health Organization has a plan to reduce deaths and disability from snakebites by half. It’s ambitious but possible, snakebite experts say. Continue reading →

Attempts to end the second worst Ebola outbreak on record are being hampered by “political games” and distrust of outsiders in two towns in Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior World Health Organization official said on Monday. Continue reading →

The ominous statement comes amid escalating violence nine months after the outbreak began. Continue reading →

The World Health Organization has issued its first-ever guidance for how much screen time children under 5 should get: not very much, and none at all for those under 1. Continue reading →

The clashes, which erupted earlier in April, have threatened to ignite a civil war on the scale of the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Continue reading →

The first three months of 2019 saw 112,163 reported measles cases. The same period in 2018 saw only 28,124. Continue reading →