All news on the topic: World Health Organisation

As ITV's drama Breathtaking airs, we look at what the Covid PPE scandal actually was, where the millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money went, why equipment didn't reach desperate NHS workers and who is being held to account

Prof Adrian Hill has helped create the vaccine that could be a game-changer in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease, which claims more than 600,000 lives a year

New figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show the number of patients with measles in the UK - a disease once considered eliminated in the country - continues to rise

Experts believe that Disease X could result in 20 times more deaths than Covid - as it appears on WHO's shortlist of priority diseases, along with viruses like SARS, Ebola and Zika

Thousands of cases of cholera have been made in countries across the world, including holiday hotspots such as the Philippines, Haiti and India as nations demand vaccines

The two boys, aged nine and 16, were believed to have been infected with bird flu, also known as avian influenza, after eating a meal made from birds kept on their farm in Kratie, Cambodia

Use our interactive map to see how many measles cases have been reported in your area as the surge in cases is currently the highest number in over a decade

The World Health Organisation issued an urgent warning after a man was found to have contracted a deadly type of swine flu - and said it could have the 'potential for high public health impact'

A "national incident" was declared last month by health chiefs after more than 300 cases of measles were confirmed in the UK, and that number is now at 465 in just a few weeks

The World Health Organisation has warned of an almost 45-fold rise in Measles cases throughout Europe - but it's one of many other 'Victorian diseases' on the rise

Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, has been ordered by a Pennsylvania jury to pay as much as $2.25 billion (£1.7bn) to a cancer patient who claimed to have acquired non-Hodgkin lymphoma from Roundup weed killer

Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), has urged countries to sign on to its pandemic treaty by May in order to fight the globe's "common enemy".

There are new regulations regarding log burners, and this could mean that you might get landed with 'large fines' if you are not seriously careful, an expert has warned

Dr Kelly Fearnley was working at Bradford Royal Infirmary in November 2020 when she got Long Covid and she is still unable to work, has violent shakes, hallucinations and a high heart rate

According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), 144 suspected cases were logged in the fortnight leading up to January 14. Seventy-four of those in the first week, and 70 in the week after

The World Health Organisation has stated the number of measles cases have soared across Europe with an explosion in cases among children under 10 in the UK, according to the UKHSA

Nearly a third of under-16s are vulnerable to measles because they were not fully vaccinated with both MMR jab doses, as ministers warn it is more infectious than Covid

Experts from the WHO have identified nine conditions that could be pandemic threats - and one of the illnesses is a hypothetical condition called 'Disease X' which could have severe implications

The UK Health Security Agency declared a “national incident” warning too few youngsters were protected against the potentially deadly virus - Now Labour have called on the government to let health visitors administer vaccines during home visits

A national incident has been declared as Britain faces the biggest measles outbreak for 30 years, says Fleet Street Fox. Any parent who prevents their child being vaccinated without a damn good reason is guilty of abuse

Professor Dame Jenny Harries says a national call to action is needed for all children who haven't been vaccinated for measles to come forward as cases of the deadly disease are on the rise

London and the South East are the regions worst-hit by the current surge in the new JN.1 Covid variant, which began to rise over Christmas and has become the dominant strain across the world

Plunging temperatures can make it more difficult for the human body to combat disease. As the mercury drops, we should be aware we can become more a risk of four conditions which can be silent killers

JN.1 is now the most-prolific form of coronavirus on the planet and could become a significant risk to public health if European governments fail to properly monitor cases

The Davos summit comes after warnings from experts that a hypothetical new pandemic named 'Disease X' could kill 20 times more people around the world than Covid-19